Komoot: Facebook goes also on tour

The App Review Week starts with the Android app Komoot (version 9.16.2) - a navigation app for cyclists and hikers. Let's start with the network connections that Komoot establishes during use.

App start: Immediately after start (no user interaction)

[1] Immediately after starting the app, the app contacts Facebook. Among other things, the following information is transmitted [graph.facebook.com]:

Google Advertising ID: advertiser_id = c3639f11-626a-4692-9574-6a0f632e1ea3
Whether Ad-Tracking is enabled / allowed: advertisertrackingenabled = true
One identifier: anon_id = XZce953baa-18a8-42e0-82ad-2d1b3866fe63
Whether app tracking is enabled / allowed: applicationtrackingenabled = true

Further information:

Package name of the app: de.komoot.android
Version number of the app: 9.16.2
Android version number: 7.1.2
Device model: Redmi Note 4
Country code: de_DE
Time zone: CEST, Europe/Berlin
Display resolution: 1080×1920

❗️ How critical the integration of Facebook building blocks (SDKs) are with regard to privacy still doesn't seem to have penetrated the app developers - simply irresponsible. The mere transmission of the Google Advertising ID is basically enough for Facebook to establish a link between Facebook users and the data transmitted. The reason: The Facebok app (if installed) also reads the Google Advertising ID. Facebook then has an identifier that they can assign to a person exactly.

👉🏼 Read the fully translated article:
https://rwtxt.lelux.fi/blackbox/pstrongkomoot-facebook-goes-also-on-tourstrong

👉🏼 Source 🇩🇪:
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/komoot-facebook-geht-mit-auf-tour/

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