App Store on iOS 14.6 sends every tap you make in the app to Apple

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Post by helical » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 4:26 PM UTC

App Store on iOS 14.6 sends every tap you make in the app to Apple
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Post by makz » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 4:43 PM UTC

Well at this point I expect this to happen for any input on any web page or app.

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Post by vagabund » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 4:49 PM UTC

Seems reasonable enough

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Post by lizardactivist » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 5:03 PM UTC

What else do they do, record your facial expressions and every sound you make while using the phone?

Talk about feeling like a lab-rat.

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Post by throwaway888abc » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 5:05 PM UTC

I believe Amazon, Airbnb, airlines and many others are doing / were doing same on their web pages too. It allow to provide better personalized (TM) experience and significantly increase ROI.

There is good book how it works in offline world. https://www.npr.org/2017/02/13/514322899/aisles-have-eyes-wa...

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Post by Tepix » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 5:16 PM UTC

throwaway888abc wrote: post #5

I believe Amazon, Airbnb, airlines and many others are doing / were doing same on their web pages too. It allow to provide better personalized (TM) experience and significantly increase ROI. There is good book how it works in offline world. https://www.npr.org/2017/02/13/514322899/aisles-have-eyes-wa...

Just don't read it on a Kindle, another device which monitors everything you do (how long you remain on a page etc).

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Post by jmole » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 5:26 PM UTC

lizardactivist wrote: post #4

What else do they do, record your facial expressions and every sound you make while using the phone? Talk about feeling like a lab-rat.

They could, if battery life impact weren’t a thing. This is going to be the biggest “gotcha” with VR as well.

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Post by TheLoafOfBread » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 5:33 PM UTC

Apple iOS is turning into an Android, but without a headphone jack.

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Post by filoleg » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 5:41 PM UTC

vagabund wrote: post #3

Seems reasonable enough

I was about to say, this is about as unsurprising and reasonable as Google Search listening to what you type into the search bar and which links on the search results page you click.

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Post by altairprime » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 5:44 PM UTC

OP misconstrues an iOS tracking dialog to support their complaint:

> The strange thing is that Apple introduced strict measures in iOS 14.5 to prevent developers from fingerprinting users.

The dialog text in their screenshot reads:

> Allow “App” to track your activity across other companies’ apps and sites?

Users refusing this permission are not prohibiting tracking by the company that issued the dialog. They are prohibiting the company from tracking users beyond the boundary of their corporation. Apple’s App Store app is within the boundary of Apple Corporation, and so the tracking dialog shown is not relevant to their complaint.

(I have no viewpoint to offer on OP’s argument beyond the logical reasoning error described above.)