They can also track anything you do outside their browser, on a website with their tracking pixel.
Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
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#12No 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.
Apple has been fine doing things that hurt FB, see not giving them special privileges' around the Ad tracking permission changes that were added to iOS.
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#13Isn'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.
Why do you say “true customers”?
Is anyone under the impression that they are a customer of a service they don’t pay for?
People would readily identify as a “Twitter user” instead of a “Twitter customer”
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#14No 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.
>They don't sync with my main browser states such as authenticated sessions.
Under what circums do you want this?
Re: Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
#15No 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.
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Re: Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
#16No 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.
> They don't sync with my main browser states such as authenticated sessions. Under what circums do you want this?
All the time. For example: open a link in Gmail, forget that I am in the in-app browser, and log into a service.
Re: Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
#17They can also track anything you do outside their browser, on a website with their tracking pixel.
You can install blockers in your browser but not in in-app browsers
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#18I still remember the LinkedIn app ripping all my contacts, so no apps for me. I just use the sites.
Quite a few apps from the early mobile days did this.
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#19 i don't understand why apple allows in-app browsers.
Re: Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
#20No 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.
> They don't sync with my main browser states such as authenticated sessions. Under what circums do you want this?
> Under what circums do you want this?
Click on "Sign In/Up with Google". Opens in app browser. Not logged in even though I'm with Safari. Type email. Type password. Get password wrong. Type password again. Get text/email with 2FA code. Every single time.
Or Gmail app. Click link. Open in-app browser. Not logged in.