Everyone knows your location, Part 2: try it yourself and share the results
a year ago
- #geolocation
- #adtech
- #privacy
- The author discusses improvements to their method for analyzing mobile app traffic to detect location data sharing with third parties.
- A guide and Python notebook are provided for recording and analyzing mobile app traffic, available on GitHub.
- Initial setup takes 10-30 minutes, with analysis requiring about 10 minutes per app.
- A crowdsourced Google Sheet is available for sharing findings about which apps collect and share data.
- Visualizations show domain distribution and request density, highlighting Unity's dominance in mobile game traffic.
- Steps for setting up mitmproxy on a PC and configuring a mobile device to intercept traffic are detailed.
- Instructions for filtering and analyzing intercepted data using provided Python notebook are included.
- The author encourages contributions to the crowdsourced data collection effort and invites feedback.