By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/07/2026If you can't get it that way, you can install an app like AAID, which comes with a long list of - you guessed it - permissions to extract, store and process your private information. 28/ 1102
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/07/2026Here's the thing: the whole point of a mobile ad identifier is that *apps can access it* (this is how they identify and track you). That step, where the system made you switch to your phone and use your camera to photograph your driver's license? 29/ 1111
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/07/2026That step could have *automatically* pulled this data off your device. That's the *whole fucking point of this exercise*: that web-pages and apps can request your mobile ad identifier. 30/ 1121
