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Re:Senate panel approves antitrust bill restricting big tech... by hulitu on Friday January 21, 2022 @06:26AM (#30022064)
> It also removes privacy protections: Facebook is required to ask permission to track you on iOS.

I think they are require to ask permission to track you using iOS API. They still track you based on what you access on Facebook.

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Re:Senate panel approves antitrust bill restricting big tech... by olliej on Saturday January 22, 2022 @04:54PM (#30041189)
They can minimally track you - the only technical restrictions apple can do is block device I’d, etc.

The App Store policies ostensibly also prohibit an app from tracking a user via any other means once that user has said no to tracking.

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