Facebook still ‘secretly’ tracks your iPhone

Post by ekianjo » Tue, May 25, 2021, 4:25 AM UTC

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You think Facebook does not have access to Whatsapp messages ? Would be very surprised if thats not the case.

Facebook doesn't have access to WhatsApp messages. WhatsApp uses the same end-to-end encryption protocol as Signal. We know this is true because the app has been extensively reverse engineered to create these third party clients among other reasons.

Post by h0nd » Tue, May 25, 2021, 9:33 AM UTC

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It's not obvious. You are uploading a photo to send to a friend, you don't know or expect that where this photo was taken is automatically used by Facebook to target you. Hell, most people wouldn't even know that the EXIF has the location.

I remember sending Apple Live photos to friends when "live" photos first came out. It wasn't 6+ months later that I realized audio was also embedded in live photos. I just never noticed because my phone is always on silent mode. The realization that I was sending audio clips to friends and family along with photos for months and month was... unnerving. It's a problem when tech becomes so complex that the average (or…

Post by KaiserPro » Tue, May 25, 2021, 3:47 PM UTC

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> By default all your photos are sent to icloud Go into settings and turn off iCloud for photos, keychain and any other app you don't want it to work with. The difference of all of these things is that Apple is doing it to improve its apps for YOU, uploading photos from your phone to iCloud so you can see on other devices, or face recognition to group your photos, keychain copying is used across devices that you've e…

> Apple is doing it to improve its apps for YOU This seems subjective; other companies could claim the same. E.g.: FB says they're trying to show YOU more relevant ads. > The data may be in Apples iCloud but is 'private' This seems more objective to me and a better indicator of actual privacy. Still, we should keep in mind that Apple's goals may change in future and that they might change their approach.