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Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by kalleboo on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:29AM (#36907301)
The fact that Keychain isn't in this list of APIs despite also being available to all apps by a developer (and optionally synced via iCloud) also points to them being OK with shared logins between apps (or they just forgot???)
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Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by saagarjha on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:06AM (#36907864)
It seems like they forgot the actual API that allows tracking users across installs, lol
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Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by smotched on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:16AM (#36908059)
I dont think the keychain can be used to track...
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Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by kalleboo on Friday July 28, 2023 @09:58PM (#36916021)
Just to the same or slightly higher extent as UserDefaults which is on this list
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