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.

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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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SpaceX’s Starlink satellites could make US Army navigation hard to jam

New research shows Elon Musk’s broadband network could work as an alternative to GPS

SpaceX has already launched more than 700 Starlink satellites, with thousands more due to come online in the years ahead. Their prime mission is to provide high-speed internet virtually worldwide, extending it to many remote locations that have lacked reliable service to date.

Now, research funded by the US Army has concluded that the growing mega-constellation could have a secondary purpose: doubling as a low-cost, highly accurate, and almost unjammable alternative to GPS. The new method would use existing Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide near-global navigation services.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/28/1008972/us-army-spacex-musk-starlink-satellites-gps-unjammable-navigation/

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