Comment by djrj477dhsnv
2 months ago
I get what he's saying, but still seems like blocking the easy way of getting a list of apps, while certainty not perfect, would prevent most privacy abuse.
2 months ago
I get what he's saying, but still seems like blocking the easy way of getting a list of apps, while certainty not perfect, would prevent most privacy abuse.
Yes.
Privacy is not an on off switch, it's about making things leak data less.
I really don't understand grapheneos development sometimes, like when they refuse to make a setting to invert the back and recent button. Yes it's not part of AOSP but it's so simple to do and a feature that all manufacter offer because people want it, refusing to do that is weird imo.
Would it? My understanding is that most fingerprinting is done by a few large companies, in their own proprietary libraries that are shipped with third-party apps. If you block this method, they will quickly find another one and ship it everywhere, because that is their core business.
With browser fingerprinting, the ad companies are already regularly pulling many shenanigans; I don't see a reason why this would be different.