https://medium.com/@kahunalu/under-the-hood-airbnb-9aceb8954f8a
Apps such as AirBnB collect a plethora of data, some of which is completely useless to the company itself. For example, the app detects the direction that the device is facing, gathered from the magnetic sensor. This information is then sent server-side. Other information is collected by third party providers through their app integration. Services such as the facebook login option gather this data, whether you use the Facebook login or not.
One way to protect yourself is to block these server’s DNS queries. You can do that by installing a DNS sinkhole in your network. These can be small devices such as a pi-hole (https://pi-hole.net/) or a virtualized option. You then just point your DNS server to the new device.
Hi Frederic
Thanks for sharing the information Airbnb is a commonly used application. Users enter the personal information to get housing services. It is important for users to know the risks of information leakage. The article provides solutions to reduce the risks. This can be done by stopping the DNS server they use from resolving the following names: api3.siftscience.com, notify.bugsnag.com, graph.facebook.com, and *.mparticle.com.
Hi Frederick,
I think it is important for people to be aware of App data collection and also important to know the impact brought by data leakage. Apps are always collecting data from its users and most of us do not know what specific data they collect and how will they use it. It is good to know the solutions provided in this article.