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How to get Geo Location Info for IP Addresses

Posted on December 4, 2024December 4, 2024 by James O'Claire

Just want to cover the recent steps I took in learning about how to get Geo Location information for OpenAttribution. The first step I took was to look into two existing open source analytics platforms that are alternatives to Google Analytics: Umami and Matomo. Umami I love using umami.is! It’s definitely the smaller of the…

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Is this a TikTok security vulnerablity for ad fraud?

Posted on February 5, 2024October 6, 2024 by James O'Claire

I de-compiled TikTok (“com.zhiliaoapp.musically” v33.3.3 from Feb 2nd, 2024) from ApkPure.net and noticed that the way it called AppsFlyer looked a bit different than what I expected and quickly led me to a GitHub issue which makes it seem like they are using an outdated way to collect install information from Google Play which may…

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How to see traffic from your Android Device

Posted on September 8, 2023April 15, 2025 by James O'Claire

GREEN: background processes for emulator and mitmproxy. RED: Running game (portrait but on side) with a pink banner ad at bottom. YELLOW: mitmproxy captured traffic with another example banner ad.

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