How I tracked myself down using leaked location data in the in-app ads, and what I found along the way.

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      1 day ago

      If you start with a xiaomi, then a motorola and finally end with a custom rom grapheneos smartphone, your number of trackers and bloatware will have dropped by more than 97%

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      Google Play services likely does this too, so to actually protect yourself from this spyware you will need to use either microG or containerized Google Play services like how GrapheneOS has implemented.