For several months, we have known that Apple is preparing, on iOS, a functionality offering the user a choice, for an app wanting to track their activity on the iPhone (on other apps and on the web),to accept or refuse this tracking.
This is a function that has caused a lot of ink to flow in recent months given that it directly attacks the heart of various services that rely on user tracking to earn their livelihood. This is particularly the case for Facebook, among many others.
But while everything already seems to be in place in the settings to accommodate the novelty, according to Apple, this will not bethat from next springthat developers will be required to request permission from the user to track them on applications and websites.
On the user side, the setting will be possible independently for any app wanting to benefit from inter-app tracking. The list of apps will be found inSettings > Privacy > Tracking.
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Apple as a great defender of privacy
In recent months, Apple has been particularly active in protecting the private data of its users. The Apple firm has notably equipped iOS with a functionality ofclipboard reading notifications, which allows the user to know when an app has access to the clipboard, and therefore, possibly to sensitive information, such as passwords, email addresses or even telephone numbers, among others.
But last year the Californian giant also implemented anew sectionintended to show the user what data is collected by the app they are about to download. And this particularly caused harm toWhatsApp and Facebookonce again. The first has also seen many users flee to other solutions that are more respectful of privacy, such as Signal and Telegram,compared here. A change in its user conditions is also in question in this case.
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Editor-in-chief for iPhon.fr. Pierre is like Indiana Jones, looking for the lost iOS trick. Also a long-time Mac user, Apple devices hold no secrets for him. Contact: pierre[a]iphon.fr.
