Apps track users' data on App Store despite privacy changes in iOS 14: Study
Updated On: 10 April, 2022 12:22 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
The researchers found real-world evidence of apps computing a mutual fingerprinting-derived identifier through the use of "server-side code" -- a violation of Apple`s new policies and highlighting the limits of Apple`s enforcement power as a privately-owned data protection regulator
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The privacy changes that Apple made in iOS 14 to stop apps from tracking users` data have not fully stopped developers from the illegal practice and several apps are still tracking data despite the user having asked the apps not to be tracked, a study has revealed.
The study of 1,759 iOS apps from the UK App Store before and after Apple implemented the major privacy feature last year found that Apple`s new policies live largely up to its promises in making tracking more difficult.
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