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Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.

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Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.

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Unique IDs assigned to Android and iOS devices threaten your privacy. Who knew?
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    I loved xprivacy_lua

    You could hide almost everything.
    No app knew the other apps I used.
    No app had clipboard access. when I needed to paste something I used Xposed Edge.
    You could spoof a lot of info, GPS coordinates, IMEI … The list goes on.

    support stopped. I should check if there’s a fork.

    edit: AOSP permissions have improved and I now use almost exclusively FOSS apps, so I’m not worried, but I still miss the app.

    edit2: there’s a fork: https://xdaforums.com/t/xpl-ex-xprivacylua-ex-android-privacy-manager-hooking-manager-extended.4652573/

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      https://f-droid.org/de/packages/io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager/

      Select app, tap “# trackers” top left, tap “Block trackers”.

      Needs root.

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