https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1905.02713/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44183457urn:hackerpapers:mention:1905.02713:44183457Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:44:41 GMT<p>Here proof that we shut the app down whilst the issue was being fixed, in English. There are more details in Dutch including the letters to Parliament we had to make covering the details. If you&#x27;re Dutch use Google. https://nltimes.nl/2021/04/29/coronamelder-app-taken-offline... Here&#x27;s the paper showing the Facebook had access to the logging and whole range of very suspect permissions: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.02713</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1905.02713/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CRhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44183290urn:hackerpapers:mention:1905.02713:44183290Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:32:05 GMT<p>Facebook install a rootkit on many Androids which had the ability to send all of you debug-level system logging to Facebook. Even if you never installed their shit. That data can be used to track everything you do on your phone. We found this out (I was the first to recreate / prove it) when testing the COVID contact tracing apps in NL, at the time Google were logging the seeds to the main system log. That allowed anyone with access to said logs to build a real-time map of ever Android user in the world who had the GAEN framework installed. EDIT: Here&#x27;s the press release in English covering…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1905.02713/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CR