Does turning off wifi, force stopping apps, clearing cache, and using a privacy friendly browser work? I been doing that for years and I don’t see any intrusive/malicious/super specific targeted ads, heck, ads had been minimal and only appear while I use apps.
Preferring websites to apps when possible makes this approach more effective. If you use apps with ads in them, they will likely get sensitive information as described in the article.
System wide ad blocking helps more. Private DNS is the easiest way; Mullvad provides a free option.
Does turning off wifi, force stopping apps, clearing cache, and using a privacy friendly browser work? I been doing that for years and I don’t see any intrusive/malicious/super specific targeted ads, heck, ads had been minimal and only appear while I use apps.
Preferring websites to apps when possible makes this approach more effective. If you use apps with ads in them, they will likely get sensitive information as described in the article.
System wide ad blocking helps more. Private DNS is the easiest way; Mullvad provides a free option.
Google play services betrays you.
Use https://grapheneos.org/ and it sandboxes Google play for you, but ironically requires a Google Pixel phone.
It is about ads in apps and how they track you.
No.
The article is about your location being tracked, not about ads