Yeah, native apps are basically a black box in terms of what data gets “sent home.” At least with blockers such as uBlock Origin, scripts/requests directly from known tracking domains are denied.
Re:Are apps even that relevant anymore?
by nachochickens1 on Monday August 31, 2020 @04:57PM
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There was a video I saw recently where Tik Tok was spamming the copy from clipboard feature and it was appearing as a notification on iOS devices - kinda creeped me out.
Web sites track too of course, but their capacity to do so is more limited. I fully revoke location, camera, and microphone from the browser, so all it can do is track me on the web and get a very rough idea of location via GeoIP. Desktop apps can also track, but mobile offers a lot more intimate information (especially location) and is constantly connected.