2mo ago

Should I worry about apps collecting Device ID (Android)?

If I should, are there ways I could install such apps with a spoofed Device ID or something like that?

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Yes. Anything with "ID" in the name should give you pause, especially when its designated to you by the largest surveillance company on the planet.
You can simply delete it.
Settings --> Privacy --> Ads --> Delete advertising ID.
- why do you assume that advertising ID=Device ID
  I would assume they are collecting IMEI when they say device
- aren't doing anything illegal particularly modding official apps, or using such modifications.
  how is "modding" an app illegal?
- I don't know if my Device ID with my real location would end up in the hands of a Data Broker(s) that would start profiling other data linked to my location to then sell it to other Data Broker(s), that's my only worry

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