Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers

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Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers

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Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 4 days ago

Abuse allows Meta and Yandex to attach persistent identifiers to detailed browsing histories.

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