Advanced Privacy not working with PWA
- /e/ version: 1.2
- Device model(s): FP4
- Device rooted: no
Summary
Hide my IP feature of Advanced Privacy is not working with Twitter PWA.
The problem
Steps to reproduce
Prerequisite: need a Twitter account
- Turn on Advanced Privacy and set Hide my IP to a random country
- Install Twitter Lite as a PWA from App Lounge
- Connect to your Twitter account
- Check the automatic Twitter email giving the location based on IP address
- Check the ads shown by Twitter
What is the current behavior?
The location found by Twitter based on IP address is my real location. The ads shown by Twitter are from my country.
What is the expected correct behavior?
The location found by Twitter based on IP address should be the one from the random country set in Hide my IP. The ads shown by Twitter should be from the random country set in Hide my IP.
Technical informations
Relevant logs (adb logcat
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Relevant screenshots
Solutions
Getting a direct Twitter shortcut from Bromite instead of PWA gives the expected behavior.
Possible fixes
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Edited by Matthieu Roman