Facebook and Snapchat iOS Apps Still Tracking Users Despite Opt-Out
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#2MacRumors summary of the paywalled FT article: https://www.ft.com/content/69396795-f6e1-4624-95d8-121e4e5d7...
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#3I am in no way surprised, but yet still disappointed. Come on lizard man, you have to do better than this
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#4Sounds like Zucker and Tim Apple made a deal.
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#5I've found switching to the web version of social apps to be better anyway. Stops me visiting them as frequently if nothing else. I'm actively deciding to visit now rather than mindlessly opening the apps in order
Feelin kinda smug right now
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#6The elephant in the room here is the GDPR. None of this is compliant (has never been) and yet is allowed to continue out in the open despite the regulation going into effect almost 4 years ago now.
In fact, an argument could be made that Apple is complicit. Apple has a history of removing/rejecting apps that are used for illegal activities such as copyright infringement or even just breaking some company's ToS. Yet, they do nothing for apps that brazenly breach the GDPR.
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#7Of course they are.
If you don't want to be tracked by Facebook, stop running their code on your device.
Apple provides you with the app privacy labels in the App Store. Read them and use them.
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#8The elephant in the room here is the GDPR. None of this is compliant (has never been) and yet is allowed to continue out in the open despite the regulation going into effect almost 4 years ago now. In fact, an argument could be made that Apple is complicit. Apple has a history of removing/rejecting apps that are used for illegal activities such as copyright infringement or even just breaking some company's ToS. Yet,…
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Re: Facebook and Snapchat iOS Apps Still Tracking Users Despite Opt-Out
#9The elephant in the room here is the GDPR. None of this is compliant (has never been) and yet is allowed to continue out in the open despite the regulation going into effect almost 4 years ago now. In fact, an argument could be made that Apple is complicit. Apple has a history of removing/rejecting apps that are used for illegal activities such as copyright infringement or even just breaking some company's ToS. Yet,…
Well, at least we have cookie banners.
Re: Facebook and Snapchat iOS Apps Still Tracking Users Despite Opt-Out
#10I've found switching to the web version of social apps to be better anyway. Stops me visiting them as frequently if nothing else. I'm actively deciding to visit now rather than mindlessly opening the apps in order Feelin kinda smug right now
It's been surprising how much I stopped thinking about social media entirely since doing this. Not to mention that the mobile web experience is often purposely crippled to try and funnel you back into native.
Add in the need to get my timeboxed 2FA code to login and I'll begin to realize how little there is to gain relative to the trouble of actually logging in.