Apple’s New Ad Conversion Tracking Will Benefit User Privacy

Post by Rjevski » Fri, Apr 06, 2018, 8:47 PM UTC

CharlesW wrote: post #10

us0r wrote: post #7

Apples fake privacy concerns. They allow apps like gas buddy to wholesale sell your real time location to governments by using vague language in their privacy policies (which I cannot even find a link to on their homepage).

> They allow apps like gas buddy to wholesale sell your real time location… You control this. I don't recall whether this app supports "Never" as a Privacy > Location Services choice, but you can choose "While Using" instead of "Always".

Post by traek » Fri, Apr 06, 2018, 8:53 PM UTC

Someone wrote: post #19

ugh123 wrote: post #8

>The new APIs are part of the StoreKit framework and include a new class called SKAdNetwork. >With the new set of APIs, Apple will become the intermediary between the app and advertising network for conversion tracking, eliminating the need for apps to install third-party ad SDKs which potentially expose sensitive user data. Am I missing something or is this not really any different than the 3rd party ad SDK problem…

The way I understand this: doing this in your application requires you to have network access, which means you have to convince your user to give it to you. This gives you a way to count installs (and almost nothing else; you probably can assume arrival times correlate with time of installation and learn something about your global user base from that, but that’s all I can think of) without getting any permission fro…

Post by iamdave » Fri, Apr 06, 2018, 9:22 PM UTC

CaptSpify wrote: post #22

urda wrote: post #20

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> Apples fake privacy concerns. Apple has been a loud, proven advocate and supporter of Privacy. This comment is all snark and nothing factual.

They have been loud, but it remains to be proven. The truth is that we don't really know what they do with our data.

Post by bilbo0s » Fri, Apr 06, 2018, 9:45 PM UTC

lev99 wrote: post #12

IBM wrote: post #2

>I can’t see Google and Facebook being thrilled about implementing support for this, but given the recent scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, Apple should have extra leverage to push them in this direction. If Apple makes it an App Store policy, what choice do they have?

Google and Facebook both interact with Apple in a lot of ways. If Apple makes it an App Store policy they will have options in how to attack back.

Post by Rjevski » Fri, Apr 06, 2018, 9:56 PM UTC

duskwuff wrote: post #24

Rjevski wrote: post #21

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"Never" is always an option from my experience. I have never seen an app that doesn't allow to completely deny location access.

> I have never seen an app that doesn't allow to completely deny location access. That's because Apple explicitly tests for that during app review, and will reject apps which crash or refuse to work if they're denied access to Location Services or other APIs (photos, contacts, microphone, etc).