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...the audacity... 😲

"...the website loads in a special browser built into the app, rather than your phone’s default browser. In 2022, privacy researcher Felix Krause found that Meta injects special “keylogging” JavaScript onto the website you’re visiting that allows the company to monitor everything you type and tap on, including passwords. Other apps including TikTok do the same thing..." https://gizmodo.com/meet-link-history-facebook-s-new-way-to-track-the-we-1851134018

"Meta and TikTok confirmed that the code exists but said they don’t use it to snoop." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/13/facebook-instagram-data-privacy/

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Sebastix 2y ago

Ah yes! Found it my bookmarks: https://krausefx.com/blog/announcing-inappbrowsercom-see-what-javascript-commands-get-executed-in-an-in-app-browser

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Deleted Account 2y ago

So don’t use default OS Browers?

https://inappbrowser.com/

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Sebastix 2y ago

Don't use in-app browsers. Always open external links from apps in your default (more privacy friendly) browsers. I use Brave.

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Deleted Account 2y ago

Thanks.

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5-MeO-DMT 2y ago

Exact opposite. The problem is when you use an app’s in-app browser. This is because the app has full control of their own browser. If you use your phone’s default browser, the app has no control over it.

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Deleted Account 2y ago

Yeah I was wrong earlier but tbh who actually uses in app browsers