Technology @lemmy.world misk @sopuli.xyz 1d ago

Amazon sued for snarfing sensitive data via advertising SDK

www.theregister.com Amazon sued for snarfing sensitive data via advertising SDK

Harvesting of location data and other personal info without user consent, lawsuit claims

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...snarfing?
- It's okay Snarf, we know you did nothing wrong.
  
  But Lion-O, Kit and Kat are in trouble!
- “snarfing" and "throbber" are two of my favorite niche tech terms
- I like it! What a great word. I'm gonna snarf it
  
  Found the Thunder Cat.
Now that's a word that does not need to be used in journalism.
- It's OK, they changed the headline to say "slurping" instead. Clearly much better.
  
  Why was SCRAPING off the proverbial table??
I've got a 2021 Kindle Fire HD 10 tablet and I'm sick of Amazon's crap. I mostly use it for watching YouTube, any recommendations for a ~$150 (non-Samsung) tablet the same size or bigger with a headphone jack? Willing to buy used.
- See if there's a jailbreak or root available.
  
  There's not, it's too new. There's some stuff Fire toolkit could do but it's severely limited on newer Fire tablets.
Is the worth as news? Ain't that an open secret already?
- It's good to keep pounding this info to normies. Maybe they'll understand one day.
Let me guess Java Script they load on their website?

Block that shit with noscrypt, website still works since they want to sell you shit
- uBlock 3rd-party frames & scripts blocked. Same effect but with predefined lists.
- Question on that topic, is blocking JavaScript generally advised in browser settings? I've tried it once or twice and noticed things like login buttons might not work. Any difference with using the extensions?
  
  JavaScript is backbone of modern web app and a privacy and security nightmare.
  
  As such my policy is only load what is a must for me to get what I need from the website.
  
  There various options but I prefer noscrypt on top of ublock on Firefox.
  
  Ublock cleans up ads and I use noscrypt for fine control.
  
  Generally you must load on the main website scrypt for it work, sometimes cdn. I then turn them on one by one until I get what I want.
  
  It takes time to learn but once you understand what each parasite does and you tweaks are saved. It is a smooth sailing. It will take time though.
  
  I degoogled so I keep sundar the creep blocked most of the time. No Facebook.
  
  With payment processing you have to let their party scrypt run etc.
  
  Hope this helps, let me know if you got questions.
  
  And remember, freedom ain't free!

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