Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
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Re: Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
#2No wonder. I recently opened a link on Instagram and the website's responsive elements were completely broken. Then I opened the link in Safari and it worked fine.
Does this script injection break Apple's ToS?
I thought Apple required Safari/Webkit for all in-app browsers?
Zuckerberg has no shame.
PS. I hate in-app browsers. They don't sync with my main browser states such as authenticated sessions.
Re: Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
#3No wonder. I recently opened a link on Instagram and the website's responsive elements were completely broken. Then I opened the link in Safari and it worked fine. Does this script injection break Apple's ToS? I thought Apple required Safari/Webkit for all in-app browsers? Zuckerberg has no shame. PS. I hate in-app browsers. They don't sync with my main browser states such as authenticated sessions.
> Does this break Apple's ToS? I thought Apple required Safari/Webkit for all in-app browsers?
Doesn't apply to special companies.
Re: Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
#4Isn't this the main reason why social media pushes their apps over their (once) perfectly functional websites?
Better analytics = better product*.
* for the true customers, i.e. marketing & communication firms, governments, etc.
Re: Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
#5Interesting. This is a risk vector I never considered regarding allowing third parties to provide a browser on a mobile device.
Re: Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
#6No wonder. I recently opened a link on Instagram and the website's responsive elements were completely broken. Then I opened the link in Safari and it worked fine. Does this script injection break Apple's ToS? I thought Apple required Safari/Webkit for all in-app browsers? Zuckerberg has no shame. PS. I hate in-app browsers. They don't sync with my main browser states such as authenticated sessions.
> Does this break Apple's ToS? I thought Apple required Safari/Webkit for all in-app browsers?
They are still using Safari/Webkit, but just injecting a script into every page.
Re: Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
#7Any reason why Google Maps wouldn’t* use the same in-app tracking?
Edit: meant why Google wouldn’t do this. I guess what I really mean, is what are the chances they don’t do this?
Re: Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
#8No wonder. I recently opened a link on Instagram and the website's responsive elements were completely broken. Then I opened the link in Safari and it worked fine. Does this script injection break Apple's ToS? I thought Apple required Safari/Webkit for all in-app browsers? Zuckerberg has no shame. PS. I hate in-app browsers. They don't sync with my main browser states such as authenticated sessions.
It probably is still running Webkit underneath with some additional JavaScript to track everything
Re: Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
#9No wonder. I recently opened a link on Instagram and the website's responsive elements were completely broken. Then I opened the link in Safari and it worked fine. Does this script injection break Apple's ToS? I thought Apple required Safari/Webkit for all in-app browsers? Zuckerberg has no shame. PS. I hate in-app browsers. They don't sync with my main browser states such as authenticated sessions.
> PS. I hate in-app browsers. They don't sync with my main browser states such as authenticated sessions.
Seems like that's probably a good thing :)
Re: Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
#10I still remember the LinkedIn app ripping all my contacts, so no apps for me. I just use the sites.