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boredsquirrel<p>1. <a href="https://tux.social/tags/AdBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlock</span></a> and <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tracking</span></a> Blocking on Android is easy.</p><p>Use a Browser like <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Ironfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ironfox</span></a> with <a href="https://tux.social/tags/UBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UBlockOrigin</span></a> in advanced mode, and block known tracking Javascript that way.</p><p>Solved, no <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Metapixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metapixel</span></a>, <a href="https://tux.social/tags/GoogleAnalytics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleAnalytics</span></a>, <a href="https://tux.social/tags/YandexMetrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YandexMetrica</span></a>, <a href="https://tux.social/tags/CloudflareInsights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudflareInsights</span></a> and whatever else exists out there. It is blocked from loading or executing, so it can't listen on your localhost either.</p><p>2/8</p>
Jason D. Moss 🇨🇦<p>The covert tracking—implemented in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MetaPixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetaPixel</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/YandexMetrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YandexMetrica</span></a> trackers—allows <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Yandex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yandex</span></a> to bypass core security and privacy protections provided by both the Android operating system and browsers that run on it.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>arstechnica</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/meta-and-yandex-are-de-anonymizing-android-users-web-browsing-identifiers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/security/2025/</span><span class="invisible">06/meta-and-yandex-are-de-anonymizing-android-users-web-browsing-identifiers/</span></a></p>
eicker.TV ▹ Technews<p>Verknüpfung von Daten 🔗 Besuchte Webseiten mit <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetaPixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetaPixel</span></a> oder <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YandexMetrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YandexMetrica</span></a> verbinden Web-Besuche mit App-Accounts – selbst im Inkognito-Modus.</p><p>Reaktionen der Unternehmen ⚠️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> prüft das Vorgehen, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> und <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Yandex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yandex</span></a> pausieren die Praxis, während Browser wie <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> und <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brave</span></a> bereits blockieren.</p><p>Schwachstelle bleibt offen 🔓 Experten fordern grundlegende Plattform-Änderungen.</p><p>👉 <a href="https://eicker.TV" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">eicker.TV</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ▹ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technik</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Medien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medien</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politik</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wirtschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wirtschaft</span></a> ⏻ <a href="https://eicker.BE/ratung" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">eicker.BE/ratung</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> (2/2)</p>
:mastodon:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> onderzoek | Gunes Acar <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Radboud_uni" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Radboud_uni</span></a></span>: " <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> heeft niet alleen nagelaten website-eigenaren te informeren over deze trackingmethode, maar ook hun klachten en vragen genegeerd. Dit soort platformoverschrijdende <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tracking</span></a> is ongekend..." </p><p><a href="https://www.ru.nl/onderzoek/onderzoeksnieuws/nieuw-onderzoek-brengt-misbruik-van-privacy-door-meta-en-yandex-aan-het-licht" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ru.nl/onderzoek/onderzoeksnieu</span><span class="invisible">ws/nieuw-onderzoek-brengt-misbruik-van-privacy-door-meta-en-yandex-aan-het-licht</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Yandex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yandex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetaPixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetaPixel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a></p>
Marcel Waldvogel<p>Common privacy techniques such as clearing cookies or using Private Browsing did not protect against this technique.</p><p>Browser vendors are working to block this traffic, some have already pushed updates.</p><p>I guess anti-tracking filters for ad blockers such as <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a> did prevent this (not including the <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/MetaPixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetaPixel</span></a> script or not allowing the <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Yandex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yandex</span></a> localhost traffic).</p><p>Anybody has any details?</p>
Karl Emil Nikka<p>Kry, Apotea och Länsförsäkringar hade aktiverat en delfunktion i Meta-pixeln av misstag. IMY utfärdar en reprimand. Alla tre bolag har nu tagit bort Meta-pixeln. Klokt. Nu kvarstår bara att rensa bort resten av spårningsskräpet!</p><p><a href="https://www.imy.se/nyheter/imy-klar-med-ytterligare-granskningar-av-meta-pixeln/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">imy.se/nyheter/imy-klar-med-yt</span><span class="invisible">terligare-granskningar-av-meta-pixeln/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.nikkasystems.com/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.nikkasystems.com/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://social.nikkasystems.com/tags/MetaPixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetaPixel</span></a></p>
Stiftung Datenschutz<p>Die Österreichische <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/Datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Datenschutz</span></a>-Behörde hat ihren Tätigkeitsbericht 2023 veröffentlicht:<br><a href="https://www.dsb.gv.at" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">dsb.gv.at</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>PDF: <a href="https://www.dsb.gv.at/dam/jcr:561c7ab4-f55e-40d9-a19f-c9d506aeb9bf/Datenschutzbericht%202023.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dsb.gv.at/dam/jcr:561c7ab4-f55</span><span class="invisible">e-40d9-a19f-c9d506aeb9bf/Datenschutzbericht%202023.pdf</span></a></p><p>S. 10 Allgemeine Erfahrungen der <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/DSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DSB</span></a>:<br>„Hohe Verfahrenszahlen gepaart mit einem zu niedrigen Personalstand“</p><p>Themen sind u. a.:<br>· <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/Cookie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cookie</span></a>-Banner<br>· <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/MetaPixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetaPixel</span></a><br>· <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a>-Login<br>· <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/ClearviewAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClearviewAI</span></a><br>· <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/Videokameras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Videokameras</span></a><br>· <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/GoogleFonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleFonts</span></a><br>· EU Zusammenarbeit: <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/EDSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EDSA</span></a>, <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/Europol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europol</span></a>, Schengener Informationssystem <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/SIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIS</span></a>, <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/Visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Visa</span></a>, gemeinsame Zollinformationssystem (<a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/ZIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZIS</span></a>) und <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/Eurodac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eurodac</span></a></p>