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GravyScanner : a FOSS Android app that reveals installed apps involved in Gravy Analytics data breach (github.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I've got several hits, but none of them have permission to request my location. If I understand the README correctly, that should mean I'm safe, right?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Location could also imply IP address-based location, and not necessarily GPS.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    True, but at that point, every website I'll ever visit and have visited in the past might be a threat, so that doesn't really matter too much to me.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    every website I’ll ever visit and have visited in the past might be a threat

    In that sense, you are right. However, there are ways to cloak your IP address and location.

    Privacy is a massive rabbit hole depending on what threat you are trying to protect yourself from. Sometimes, the effort (and the stuff that breaks along the way) isn't worth it.

    If location implies an area extending 300 km in either direction, does it really matter? To most people, not really.

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