Meta and Yandex Are De-Anonymizing Android Users' Web Browsing Identifiers

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By BeauHDJun 3, 2025, 5:00 pm175 pts
"It appears as though Meta (aka: Facebook's parent company) and Yandex have found a way to sidestep the Android Sandbox," writes Slashdot reader TheWho79. Researchers disclose the novel tracking method in a report: We found that native Android apps -- including Facebook, Instagram, and several Yandex apps…

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