A group of researchers has uncovered a system that Instagram and Facebook have been using since September 2024 to collect users’ web browsing history on Android devices
How meta bypasses your phone’s browser security to track you.
We disclose a novel tracking method by Meta and Yandex potentially affecting billions of Android users. We found that native Android apps—including Facebook, Instagram, and several Yandex apps including Maps and Browser—silently listen on fixed local ports for tracking purposes.
Never, ever install meta apps on your devices people! If you have to use them, do it via browser.
📢 UPDATE: As of June 3rd 7:45 CEST, Meta/Facebook Pixel script is no longer sending any packets or requests to localhost. The code responsible for sending the _fbp cookie has been almost completely removed. Yandex has also stopped the practice we describe below.
I’m a little curious why they removed it. These guys are not motivated by shame.
As if I ever would! Went through extra effort and gave up my fucking 3.5mm to install graphene and get away from those losers! Gonna have to sneak it into VLC to catch me slipping!
From the linked source
Never, ever install meta apps on your devices people! If you have to use them, do it via browser.
I’m a little curious why they removed it. These guys are not motivated by shame.
Google wants to claim it protects its users in chrome and this was bypassing it, so they didn’t want to make Google and Apple angry
As if I ever would! Went through extra effort and gave up my fucking 3.5mm to install graphene and get away from those losers! Gonna have to sneak it into VLC to catch me slipping!