{"id":53276,"date":"2022-08-22T23:32:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T23:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/this-tool-checks-if-in-app-browsers-are-tracking-you\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T23:32:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T23:32:44","slug":"this-tool-checks-if-in-app-browsers-are-tracking-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/this-tool-checks-if-in-app-browsers-are-tracking-you\/","title":{"rendered":"This Tool Checks If In-App Browsers Are Tracking You"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In-app browsers are bunk<\/span> compared to full-featured browsing apps, but they’re also a major privacy and security risk. Many apps sneak data trackers onto websites you visit through their in-app browser using a method called Javascript injection, which adds extra code to a page as it loads. These trackers can scoop up browsing history, login data, and even keyboard presses and text entry.<\/p>\n

While not always used for nefarious means, Javascript injection is a potential security threat that, until now, was difficult to check for inside in-app browsers. Luckily, security researcher Flix Krause’s new ap(p)tly named tool, InAppBrowser<\/span>checks if an app’s built-in browser uses potentially dangerous Javascript injections to track your data.<\/p>\n

While InAppBrowser only works in apps that have a built-in web browser tool, such as TikTok, Instagram, or Messenger, you can also use it on the desktop to check for Javascript injections from browser extensions.<\/p>\n