Facebook: protect and for those who do not have an account

While the movement #DeleteFacebook, continues to refer to social, a survey by AdGuard proves that no one can escape the . Γιατί; Το λογισμικό παρακολούθησης που έχει δημιουργηθεί από το μεγαλύτερο it exists in a surprising number of applications.

The Facebook Audience Network είναι ένα εργαλείο που χρησιμοποιείται από τους προγραμματιστές σε πάρα πολλές εφαρμογές. Υπάρχει σχεδόν παντού σαν διαφημιστικό δίκτυο, επιτρέποντας στους προγραμματιστές να κερδίσουν χρήματα, αλλά λειτουργεί  και σαν εργαλείο ς, που προσφέρει about user behavior and demographics.Facebook

It basically works regardless of whether you have a Facebook account or not.

AdGuard examined 2.556 popular apps from Google store and found that 41% contacted the Facebook Audience Network. Of course, the most worrying thing is that none of these applications asked for the user's consent during installation.

But what are the data that these apps share with Facebook? According to AdGuard, there are too many:

  • Google Ads ID is a unique identifier for
  • Ads provided by Google Play ”device information (operating system, make, model, screen resolution).
  • Language code and time zone.
  • Mobile provider name.
  • Πληροφορίες από τις εφαρμογές, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των ονομάτων της κάθε δραστηριότητας. Η AdGuard υπογραμμίζει ότι η συγκεκριμένη συμπεριφορά είναι πολύ ανησυχητική γιατί δηλώνει ότι το  Facebook Audience Network “χρησιμοποιείται συχνά στις εφαρμογές που λειτουργούν με ιδιωτικές (π.χ. εφαρμογές για τράπεζες) και γιατί τα ονόματα των δραστηριοτήτων μπορεί να είναι πολύ περιγραφικά (δηλαδή TransferFundsActivity).”
  • On IP.
  • Anything else the app developer decides to include. "For example, apps can send information about purchases, the of users to services and more,” reports AdGuard.

The good news is that you can protect yourself very easily because all data is transferred to one address: graph.facebook.com.

So if you add the above address to the blocked URL list, Facebook will not be able to receive any of the above information.

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However, as the AdGuard survey pointed out, about 88% of applications are connected to third-party servers and 61% sends personal information.

If you think Facebook is the only company that collects your personal information through the applications you use, you are wrong.

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