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by rvz·6y ago·view on hn ↗
> Facebook is able to track you because Android developers of 3rd party apps (example: Indeed Job Search) implement Facebook’s Software Development Kit (SDK).

Shadow profiling isn't new and Facebook has been doing this for years. Perhaps for those who are seriously on the brink of 'tinfoilism' of avoiding these creatures who just can't stop tracking us, we need a Ad-blocker-like component that blocks the FBSDK embedded in other apps and is enabled OS-wide. (Like a Privacy Firewall)

uBlock Origin has done this for Firefox, Safari and Chrome, we an equivalent for these apps. Facebook will stop at nothing to connect everything even if you don't have an account.

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Discounting someone's complaint because "This isn't new" isn't helpful. It doesn't need to be new to be a problem - Writing an article about it to raise awareness is a good idea.

Calling this tinfoilism is also not constructive. The author points out that data is being shared, in ways that even people who try to be privacy conscious may not be aware of, or have good ways to stop.