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Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app by achandlerwhite on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @01:29PM (#30444509)
I've heard that some of them include their own network stack so that only they can track your data. I think that was in reference to Facebook's app originally but I wouldn't be surprised.
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Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app by junon on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @01:57PM (#30444820)
That would require raw socket access which would surprise me if it was allowed, as it's usually a superuser privilege on UNIX for good reason.
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