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Everyone knows your location, Part 2: try it yourself and share the results
Learn how to record and analyse your mobile device traffic, take an app from the list of "shady" apps and share the results.
Applovin is a Palo Alto-based company that acquired above mentioned Adjust in 2021, has shown$1.58 bln net income in 2024, and decided to get rid of it's mobile games development products and focus on its advertising business just a few months ago. We use--listen-host 0.0.0.0 to avoid mitmproxy starting in the default location, which is localhost 128.0.0.1 – this way, you don't record your PC traffic and will see 0 requests until you complete the next step. When you feel like there's enough (you could even leave it open or play for an hour or so to collect more data), close the app and switch off the phone, then in mitmweb press File → Save.
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