Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly the only time I've seen Snapchat in the past 5 years someone was using it to buy cocaine
You must not be a teenager
That is an accurate assessment doc, getting dangerously close to mid thirties
Facebook and Snapchat iOS Apps Still Tracking Users Despite Opt-Out
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Re: Facebook and Snapchat iOS Apps Still Tracking Users Despite Opt-Out
#32Of 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.
If I don’t want Facebook code to run on my device, I literally can’t use anything outside of stock OS offline.
The Facebook and Google ads SDKs are in absolutely everything…it’s how everyone makes money online.
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#33Severe fines starting with 25% of gross and making them pay for mandatory audits, coupled with jail for executives would mitigate this.
Jail for executives haha. Has this ever happened for anything?
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#34The title seems inaccurate, and the outrage seems based on the title rather than the actual content. The article text explicitly says that the data is "anonymized and aggregated". How is that tracking?
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#35I'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
Try doing it only in a private window so you need to login every time. Even better.
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#36The title seems inaccurate, and the outrage seems based on the title rather than the actual content. The article text explicitly says that the data is "anonymized and aggregated". How is that tracking?
Because it turns out that advertising networks and data brokers can de-anonymize the data with good success. How is that not tracking?
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#37How are the apps still not removed?
Right, if Apple is serious about privacy they should give Facebook and Snapchat two weeks to comply and then just yank the apps. No extention, no exception, comply or your app is killed.
They seem serious about privacy but also their user experience. While that would be a win for privacy it would be a huge loss for most users. Apple also has a duty to prioritize user preferences.
I’m saying this as a non user of any of the apps listed (I only use HN, LinkedIn and Reddit personally)
Re: Facebook and Snapchat iOS Apps Still Tracking Users Despite Opt-Out
#38The title seems inaccurate, and the outrage seems based on the title rather than the actual content. The article text explicitly says that the data is "anonymized and aggregated". How is that tracking?
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Re: Facebook and Snapchat iOS Apps Still Tracking Users Despite Opt-Out
#39Severe fines starting with 25% of gross and making them pay for mandatory audits, coupled with jail for executives would mitigate this.
How much of FB revenue flows through the App Store though? Are you suggesting the US government would levy a fine?
Users indicated they didn't want to be tracked. Wiretapping, and other stalking laws can be used for this, it isn't Facebook's first brush with the law so the fines should reflect that.
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#40Switching to the mobile web version of Instagram on a UBO-enabled browser has been a gift of sorts.
Because the website can't run in the background like an app, it can't preload anything. Launching takes a few moments to show posts, and videos don't autoplay.
Any time the mobile website shows you a prompt to use the app for "an improved experience", they really just mean "for better tracking and personalized ads".