35C3: How Facebook's Android SDK Tracks Users

media.ccc.de · Talk · 44 min · 2018 · YouTube title: 35C3 - How Facebook tracks you on Android

Why it's here

HN cites it as the source for how Facebook's SDK tracks Android users by default.

What it covers

A 35C3 talk by Privacy International researchers who captured and decrypted traffic between Android apps and Facebook servers. They show many apps send Facebook device and usage data immediately on launch, even for users without Facebook accounts.