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Privacy: Is That iPhone?

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Re: Privacy: Is That iPhone?

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Post by varenc »

To disable: Settings > Privacy > Advertising > Limit Ad Tracking

You can also disable Location-Based Ads: Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services (at the bottom) > Location-Based Apple Ads

Apple's ad tracking help doc: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205223 (Apparently they derive your gender based on your first name or the salutation on your iTunes account)

Re: Privacy: Is That iPhone?

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Post by keyle »

varenc wrote: post #2

To disable: Settings > Privacy > Advertising > Limit Ad Tracking You can also disable Location-Based Ads: Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services (at the bottom) > Location-Based Apple Ads Apple's ad tracking help doc: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205223 (Apparently they derive your gender based on your first name or the salutation on your iTunes account)

Thanks, I was shocked that it wasn't mentioned in the Mozilla post.

Re: Privacy: Is That iPhone?

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Post by gorgoiler »

Finding the settings mentioned in the article is the sole dark pattern I can think of in iOS — when you find them it’s like finding a secret level in Super Mario Land.

They are under Settings...Privacy...Advertising

https://imgur.com/a/EOvUzCS

The Advertising and Analytics options are only visible below the fold, if one scrolls down the privacy page. The fold itself is disguised as the bottom of the page to put you off scrolling.

Unlike everything else, they do not have icons and only come after a paragraph of text almost perfectly large enough to fill out the vertical height where the tracking options would be.

Re: Privacy: Is That iPhone?

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Post by tuxone »

keyle wrote: post #4
varenc wrote: post #2

To disable: Settings > Privacy > Advertising > Limit Ad Tracking You can also disable Location-Based Ads: Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services (at the bottom) > Location-Based Apple Ads Apple's ad tracking help doc: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205223 (Apparently they derive your gender based on your first name or the salutation on your iTunes account)

Thanks, I was shocked that it wasn't mentioned in the Mozilla post.

It is, at the very end of the article.

Re: Privacy: Is That iPhone?

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Post by varenc »

r00fus wrote: post #3

Is it possible to control from an admin perspective this if you have a managed device?

Yes! A configuration profile can set forceLimitAdTracking

https://developer.apple.com/business/documentation/Configura...

On that topic...if you're really security conscious you can set allowHostPairing to False. This requires a supervised device, but then your phone will only pair a computer that has the supervising certificate, and if none exists, then all pairing is disabled. This might help defend against GrayKey like attacks.

Re: Privacy: Is That iPhone?

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Post by bilbo0s »

OK, so, probably an ignorant question, but here I go anyway:

What, exactly, does "turning off IDFA" do? Does it send just a dummy IDFA? Or does it give you nothing at all? Why is rotating it periodically better? (I'm assuming rotation is better because that is what Mozilla is apparently recommending.)

Re: Privacy: Is That iPhone?

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Post by retpirato »

The problem is that Apple has always claimed ios provides more privacy (& security) than android, but that's irrelevant if you don't make sure your users are capable of finding the settings. Apple has always marketed to people who are (at least perceived to be) largely tech illiterate (while claiming you have to be extremely tech savvy to use android which is a lie), so if they view their users that way they should make sure those settings are easy to find.
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