TLDR: facebook (and yandex) android apps would listen on a localhost web address and then websites with their javascript code would tell the browser to connect to it, correlating long-lived sessions in the apps with even incognito sessions in web browsers
they no longer do this since June 3rd, but the method is worth noting
TLDR: facebook (and yandex) android apps would listen on a localhost web address and then websites with their javascript code would tell the browser to connect to it, correlating long-lived sessions in the apps with even incognito sessions in web browsers
they no longer do this since June 3rd, but the method is worth noting
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