Meta and Yandex Weren’t Playing Nice in the Android Sandbox Until Researchers Called Them Out.

Meta and Yandex weren’t playing nice in the Android sandbox until researchers called them out.

Meta and Yandex were tracking Android users’ browsing data far more closely than they should have been, according to researchers. They bypassed the Android “sandbox” in some browsers, letting them de-anonymize users, track how they browse, and then use that data in native Facebook, Instagram, and Yandex apps. Google is investigating the issue, saying that the companies used “capabilities present in many browsers across iOS and Android in unintend

Meta and Yandex Caught Bypassing Android Privacy Protections to Track User Data

International researchers have uncovered a significant privacy issue involving Meta and Russian tech company Yandex, who were found to be using native Android apps to track users’ web browsing data while bypassing core security and privacy protections. The discovery comes amid increasing scrutiny of Android’s privacy features and growing concerns about cross-platform tracking. The tracking method used Meta Pixel and Yandex Metrica trackers embed…

Privacy Alarm: Meta Caught De-Anonymizing Android Web Activity

In the earlier days of the internet, the invention of cookies was a pretty cool feature. It allowed websites to remember your last visit, making it easier to pick up where you left off. However, these days, cookies have gotten a bad rep as they have been abused to track your web activity to serve up ads. For the most part, your browsing sessions are pseudo-anonymous, but a recent report has revealed that Yandex and Meta are de-anonymizing Androi…

Privacy Abuse Involving Meta And Yandex Discovered - Brand Spur

By IMDEA Networks Institute edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes An international research collaboration has recently uncovered a potential privacy abuse involving Meta and the Russian tech giant Yandex. They found that native Android apps—including Facebook, Instagram, and several Yandex apps such as Maps, Navi, Browser, and Search—silently listen on fixed local ports on mobile devices to de-anonymize users’ browsing …