Tuesday 16 March 2021

Chinese apps could track iPhone users without permission, bypassing iOS 14.5 security feature

Apple has been receiving a lot of lately for choosing to give customers full control over which apps can track their activity in the new  feature, coming with iOS 14.5 this month. ATT will require all apps to ask for explicit permission from iPhone and iPad owners before the apps can obtain access to the unique IDFA number (Identification For Advertisers) assigned to each device for data tracking and ad targeting.

However, it seems developers in China have spent less time complaining and campaigning and more time brainstorming for ways to sneak around the transparency ...

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