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| From | "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: Many ad SDKs share locations |
| Date | 2026-08-15 19:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <nebm22F78vjU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 2026-08-15 19:05, Maria Sophia wrote:
> Arno Welzel wrote:
>>> Only one in a million people know how to set up Android to not show ads.
>>
>> Just not using apps with Ads? Or would that be too easy? ;-)
>
> Hi Arno,
>
> Good point! Touche
>
> I will never disagree with any logically sensible viewpoint.
> Only fools do that. That's why they're fools.
>
> While we disagree on philosophy sometimes, most of the time we agree on the
> facts, where I do agree with you, much as I'd agree with anyone who
> presents a logically defensible point of view, that the *easiest* solution
> is simply not to load apps that have ads.
>
> This is easy to do even for the hoi polloi given every app must declare
> whether or not it contains ads.
>
> However, I think the point of the original article was that many app
> developers incorporate Google SDKs which, according to the article,
> secretly record your GPS location and report it to the Google ad servers.
The OP did not mention Google SDKs. It talked about "mobile advertising
SDKs" which I understand are third party.
--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.
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Many ad SDKs share locations ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-08-05 21:06 +0000
Re: Many ad SDKs share locations Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-05 13:56 -0800
Re: Many ad SDKs share locations Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-05 15:17 -0800
Re: Many ad SDKs share locations "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-08-06 09:16 +0200
Re: Many ad SDKs share locations Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-06 07:55 -0800
Re: Many ad SDKs share locations Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-08-07 16:09 +0200
Re: Many ad SDKs share locations Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-07 18:51 -0800
Re: Many ad SDKs share locations Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-08-09 11:18 +0200
Re: Many ad SDKs share locations Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-15 09:05 -0800
Re: Many ad SDKs share locations "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-15 19:30 +0200
Re: Many ad SDKs share locations Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-15 10:37 -0800
Re: Many ad SDKs share locations Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-16 09:28 +0100
Re: Many ad SDKs share locations Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-16 10:26 -0800
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