Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoStudy Reveals How Mobile Apps Track Users Through WiFi and Bluetooth: 86% of these apps collect at least one type of sensitive data, such as GPS location or unique device identifiersnetworks.imdea.orgexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1300arrow-down13
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minus-squaresocialsecurity@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·1 day agoWifi and Bluetooth must be kept off unless in use. If you are home on wifi, put your cell into air plane mode. Don’t run shady apps. TC app shows you what trackers each app has. Rmeove shit you don’t need, use browser
minus-squareAngryRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·20 hours agoI have a Continuous Glucose Monitor that communicates with my phon3, so I sadly need to always have Bluetooth on.
minus-squareAngryRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoIt communicates constantly with my phone so I always know my blood sugar. I can see a graph of the last 24 hours in 5-minute increments.
minus-squaresocialsecurity@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoI get that and it should be on. If it can be off, that can reduce tracking
Wifi and Bluetooth must be kept off unless in use.
If you are home on wifi, put your cell into air plane mode.
Don’t run shady apps.
TC app shows you what trackers each app has. Rmeove shit you don’t need, use browser
I have a Continuous Glucose Monitor that communicates with my phon3, so I sadly need to always have Bluetooth on.
It communicates constantly with my phone so I always know my blood sugar. I can see a graph of the last 24 hours in 5-minute increments.
I get that and it should be on. If it can be off, that can reduce tracking