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Re:Heap for iOS: the capture-everything approach to mobile a... by socillion on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @08:19PM (#5829581)
Disabling Javascript is an easy opt out for websites.

This service is designed to produce user specific data. judging from what they record on websites (see docs, tldr everything) I'd be surprised if the iPhone version doesn't record GPS locations or what other apps you use.

I'm also not sure how commonly websites record data in this detail that also maps to specific users, but if it's common on websites its definitely news to me - and all the more reason to use stuff like Ghostery/Disconnect/Noscript. Do these have iPhone equivalents yet?

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Re:Heap for iOS: the capture-everything approach to mobile a... by sjtgraham on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @09:43PM (#5829871)
Not using an app is an easy opt out for people.
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Re:Heap for iOS: the capture-everything approach to mobile a... by socillion on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @10:22PM (#5829994)
That assumes the customers know about it, and I think you're giving companies too much credit to assume they will disclose it.
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Re:Heap for iOS: the capture-everything approach to mobile a... by zaptheimpaler on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @11:26PM (#5830206)
Not a lot of customers know to disable JS either.
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