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Re:Facebook is pushing back on Apple’s new iPhone privacy rules by ogre_codes on Friday February 26, 2021 @04:51PM (#26280276)
You can disable almost all of those things in one way or another.

The problem is all of these things you mention are also useful for things users want. Often they are useful for things users want inside their applications. Nobody wants a neutered OS.

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Re:Facebook is pushing back on Apple’s new iPhone privacy rules by m463 on Friday February 26, 2021 @05:39PM (#26280712)
To disable ibeacon you turn off bluetooth and/or location services. I don't know about find my - it may locate other people's stuff no matter what you do. You can't really disable deep linking. If you get a text message with an amazon link, the amazon app will see it.

It is not apple's way to advertise this capability is available, and give you granular control.

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Re:Facebook is pushing back on Apple’s new iPhone privacy rules by zepto on Friday February 26, 2021 @10:18PM (#26282289)
Find my is off by default. You are asked if you want to enable it.
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