Facebook got my precise location just using my IP, I decided to create a fake account to use FB market place, they warned me about an “unknown login”, it’s the first time I’ve seen this, usually websites only know approximate location, but this time just by knowing my IP they hit exactly the small town where I live, instead of near towns which is the normal. I suspect they had my IP from other devices allowing location in the same network (same wifi), then they could safely associate that IP with my exact location even tho I didn’t enable any GPS any time.
I'm thinking about paying for a VPN, I currently don't use one.
I'd like to use Mullvad but they don't seem to have regional prices, while Proton does.
I wonder if Proton is still a reliable option, Proton is 60% cheaper in my country, probably because regional pricing (but I didn't check if it's really the case).
If anyone has any other suggestion I'd like to hear it.
No I think not, but reading the README of DNSNet they mention Rethink, I tried it here and I think it might work similar to AdGuard.
https://rethinkdns.com/
Rethink DNS exclusively uses DNS over HTTPS or DNS over TLS to encrypt and secure your DNS queries.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36657058
> I'm just sharing here this app I use always on my phone, and I don't see many people talking about it.
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> It's similar to DuckDuckGo app feature that block trackers across all the device, but this one is focused only on that, it also allows you to add your custom tracker URLs to block and monitor every request being made.
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> It's open source and available on F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.clombardo.dnsnet/
> GitHub: https://github.com/t895/DNSNet
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> It enables a VPN to intercept requests, so it can block URLs of trackers across all your apps. The app provides a list of URLs as you open it for the first time, you can choose a few options between less or more aggressive.
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> Obs.: The app don't tell, but when you add a custom URL you need to disable and enable it again.
Facebook got my precise location just using my IP, I decided to create a fake account to use FB market place, they warned me about an “unknown login”, it’s the first time I’ve seen this, usually websites only know approximate location, but this time just by knowing my IP they hit exactly the small town where I live, instead of near towns which is the normal. I suspect they had my IP from other devices allowing location in the same network (same wifi), then they could safely associate that IP with my exact location even tho I didn’t enable any GPS any time.