iOS Apps Tracking Exposed

Posted by drukenemo on Friday September 04, 2020 @09:55AM
from the self-post dept.

I’ve installed a firewall on my iPhone. It has exposed all the crazy tracking done by apps, which of course normally happens under the hood.

To exemplify, two big offenders: Imgur and Dictionary.com

https://imgur.com/gallery/10yjM9m

https://imgur.com/gallery/yODTDeP

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Re:iOS Apps Tracking Exposed by ternarybash on Friday September 04, 2020 @09:57AM (#24374955)

Is this a jailbroken side-loaded app or is this available on the App Store?

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Re:iOS Apps Tracking Exposed by drukenemo on Friday September 04, 2020 @10:07AM (#24375027)

Yep, it's a jailbreak tweak.

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