MrWizard
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I have Amazon Prime , I have A Fire Stick and prime video, Paramount, tubi, xumo,Roku,Plex,freevee, crackle etc..
I have Amazon apps on my phone on this Tablet, they know what devices are registered to my account, they know when I'm logged in and what I'm watching,
But their tracker is in ABPV trying to collect all the data you see in the next image
Data not related to being on Amazon streaming video or buying things
![[image]](https://i.imgur.com/V0TAXodl.jpg )
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I can explain it to you.
But I Can Not understand it for you !
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From my phone
Over a Half Million tracking attempts in 7 Days
It boggles the mind, this has been going on for how long ? Years ?
Getting worse everytime a new version of Android is released ?, getting worse everytime I upgrade an app I use ? an app that doesn't appear to have more features or work faster, but gets updated often, why is updated ? Possibly to add more trackers or replace them with different trackers from other data miners to gather even more data,
What i have noticed is the Solitare games that give me nuisance ads for more games are not in the list of apps with trackers being blocked, i have 3 different camera apps and they apparently do not have trackers,
Amazon photos makes thousands of attempts to track data, but only on days i am using the app, actively browsing and deleting images, it does not appear to be constantly running its 2 trackers in the background all the time,
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Sonos is my speaker system connected to my TV and Fire stick, Sonos S1 is the app on my phone used to set them up and control them, even play music using the internet , sd card , or stored on phone,
All connected via WiFi,
However the phone as been restarted many times since i last used the app 2 weeks ago, yet there it is. Its 2 trackers running in the back ground, one is attempting to collect minimal data, the other quite a bit more, this is many times less invasive than the Facebook tracker that's in ABPV that is attempting to spy on me everyday, that was spying on me everyday until i found out and did something about it, this is Corporate idea of "What people don't know, they can't say No too"
Who are the data miners selling all this data to, companies that send out adv emails ? Foreign scammers that send phishing emails and texts ? I don't know ! Now the real Paranoia , how many of these data miners are just fronts for the CIA or Foreign intelligence agencies, China has been in the news about spyware in phones and apps
Here you can see the difference in the amount of data the two trackers (data miners) are attempting to collect, and this is from an App that is Not Open, Not Being Used,
![[image]](https://i.imgur.com/ngzx9Lsl.png )
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Here is the list of Blocking for One Day April 1st
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TUBI, Fox network owned, is my favorite free streaming site. No ads with browser ad blocker. Great to watch popular movies I missed, or rewatching those I've already seen. Though still subscribe to a number of paid streaming sites. Along with around 50+ movies a year in theaters with AMC subscription.
I've mentioned this in another thread that one reason I have a VPN is, ironically, to watch content in my home market. My T-Mobile IP shows up in Baltimore, MD. This locks me out of some DC based licensed only content where I live. Setting my VPN to Ashburn, VA solves that issue.
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moisheh
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Don. Make sure none of those sites are an IPTV. Canada is now tracking users and will be charging the providers.
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pianotuna
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moisheh wrote:Don. Make sure none of those sites are an IPTV. Canada is now tracking users and will be charging the providers.
I guess I'll have to move to a vpn--or would that protect the providers?
Recommend a free vpn?
Regards, Don
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I would opt for a paid subscription VPN, a free one has to make money somehow, to pay for the servers and operation, collecting data might be how the free one is financed, or maybe by serving up ads
NORD is a paid one not expensive, there are other good ones, they are always running specials, your not locked into any contract, just get it before you head out, cancel after you return, pay by the month, the quarter or the year, next season you could try a different one if you want to
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MrWizard,
Will the paid vpn protect the streamers?
That would be my only reason to use one.
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Yes, the IP address they see and send the steam you are viewing, will be there IP address of VPN location you choose, that server 'in Canada' will be your computer address, where the steam is going, the VPN server sends that stream to your client address at your computer TV etc. The streaming service doesn't know you if you are 50 miles away or 2000 miles away, they are protected,
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