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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 4 days ago

Should I worry about apps collecting Device ID (Android)?

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Should I worry about apps collecting Device ID (Android)?

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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 4 days ago

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If I should, are there ways I could install such apps with a spoofed Device ID or something like that?

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why do you assume that advertising ID=Device ID

I would assume they are collecting IMEI when they say device

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