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The covert tracking—implemented in the #MetaPixel and #YandexMetrica trackers—allows #Meta and #Yandex to bypass core security and privacy protections provided by both the Android operating system and browsers that run on it.

@arstechnica
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/meta-and-yandex-are-de-anonymizing-android-users-web-browsing-identifiers/

Verknüpfung von Daten 🔗 Besuchte Webseiten mit #MetaPixel oder #YandexMetrica verbinden Web-Besuche mit App-Accounts – selbst im Inkognito-Modus.

Reaktionen der Unternehmen ⚠️ #Google prüft das Vorgehen, #Meta und #Yandex pausieren die Praxis, während Browser wie #DuckDuckGo und #Brave bereits blockieren.

Schwachstelle bleibt offen 🔓 Experten fordern grundlegende Plattform-Änderungen.

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Common privacy techniques such as clearing cookies or using Private Browsing did not protect against this technique.

Browser vendors are working to block this traffic, some have already pushed updates.

I guess anti-tracking filters for ad blockers such as #uBlockOrigin did prevent this (not including the #MetaPixel script or not allowing the #Yandex localhost traffic).

Anybody has any details?

Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers - Tracking code that Meta and Russia-based Yandex embed into m... - https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/headline-to-come/ #browsinghistories #metapixel #features #security #metrica #privacy #biz⁢ #yandex