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How Are Apps Finding My Location? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by Oyster_Lust@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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I'm using using a Revanced patched version of RIF is Fun to access Reddit. I have a VPN with ad blockers running. The app doesn't have location permissions. I am getting ads for my city in it. The odd thing is that before the banning of 3rd party Reddit apps, I never got ads on RIF. I'm not only curious how they're finding my location, but if anyone is getting paid for these ads since RIF has officially shut down and it's only usable because of the Revanced patch.

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[–] Oyster_Lust@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I think the main thing holding them back is that people won't be able to find them if they move to Lemmy or something similar. Posts here don't come up in searches like Reddit posts do. The search function in Lemmy also needs a lot of tweaking to be useful for finding help in a community. I'm sure it will get there eventually, but for now they are stuck with Reddit.