“We are in conversations with Google To address a possible misunderstanding about the application of its policies“, Wrote a Meta spokesperson, Facebook Matrix Company, Instagram and WhatsApp.
In that sense, the company explained that by realizing “the concerns” decided “pause the function“While working with Google to” solve the problem. “
An investigation co -directed by IMDEA Networks discovered that native Android applications, such as Facebook or Instagram, They track silently in fixed local ports to receive web tracking data of their solutions without user consent.
“We discovered that Android native applications, including Facebook, Instagram and several Yandex applications such as Maps, Navi, Browser and Search, They listen silently in fixed local ports of mobile devices to discourage habits of user navigation without their consent, ”says a statement published by IMDEA Networks.