Petri@sh.itjust.works to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoShould I worry about apps collecting Device ID (Android)?message-squaremessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up124arrow-down1message-squareShould I worry about apps collecting Device ID (Android)?Petri@sh.itjust.works to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square9linkfedilinkfile-text
If I should, are there ways I could install such apps with a spoofed Device ID or something like that?
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoYes. Anything with “ID” in the name should give you pause, especially when its designated to you by the largest surveillance company on the planet. You can simply delete it. Settings --> Privacy --> Ads --> Delete advertising ID.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agowhy do you assume that advertising ID=Device ID I would assume they are collecting IMEI when they say device
Yes. Anything with “ID” in the name should give you pause, especially when its designated to you by the largest surveillance company on the planet.
You can simply delete it.
Settings --> Privacy --> Ads --> Delete advertising ID.
why do you assume that advertising ID=Device ID
I would assume they are collecting IMEI when they say device