Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Instagram and Facebook

Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by kfkdjajgjic on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @12:46PM (#44182690)

if (cookies.accepted) { trackUser(); } else { trackUserAnyway(); }

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Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by thinkingemote on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @01:19PM (#44183107)

I recently looked at how websites handled these simple "accept cookies" buttons - turns out lots of them did them like your example but more like {trackUser(); } else {trackUser(); } The only effect was to close the popup.

Even some (most?) off the shelf cookie consent libraries don't handle the turning the actual cookies off.

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Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by esalman on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @12:53PM (#44182791)

else { trackUserCovertly(); }

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Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by benbristow on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @01:08PM (#44182980)

if (cookies.accepted) { trackUser(); } else { isAbTestEnabled() ? trackUserCovertly() : trackUserAnyway(); }

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Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by elpakal on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @01:21PM (#44183141)

simplify

if (true) { trackUser(); }

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Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by crisnoble on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @01:25PM (#44183205)

trackUser();

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Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by tobyjsullivan on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @01:41PM (#44183417)

lgtm. Ship it

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Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by elpakal on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:54PM (#44185432)

trackUser()

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