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
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/07/2026Instead, DROP wants users to dig through their phone's deepest settings and/or install an app to retrieve a 32-digit number, which they then must key into a webform on their computer or in a different app on their phone. 31/ 1112
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/07/2026Once you've done this, you must fill in *another* page of biographical information, including information that you've already provided to Login.gov *and* information you've already filled in on previous screens. 32/ 1112
