Apple to Launch Revamped Apple ID Website That Lets Users Download All Their Data

[Weaselboy]

Really? I get targeted ads all the time without having a Google account. So they have some sort of "profile" on me - it's just not attached to a Google ID. Now how can I access this "hidden" profile, because it obviously exists.

Browser cookies.

 

[deanthedev]

Browser cookies.

I know what browser cookies are.

What I want to know is what "profile" Google has on me that's using some other form of identification other than a Google ID. This goes for any company, not just Google.

 

[Weaselboy]

I know what browser cookies are.

What I want to know is what "profile" Google has on me that's using some other form of identification other than a Google ID. This goes for any company, not just Google.

I'm sorry... I should have explained more. Google drops cookies on your system that they can use to track you and tailor ads to you. You can delete those cookies, but they will just drop more the next session and it starts all over again. They can do the same with your IP address.

 

[jimthing]

I'm sorry... I should have explained more. Google drops cookies on your system that they can use to track you and tailor ads to you. You can delete those cookies, but they will just drop more the next session and it starts all over again. They can do the same with your IP address.

I wonder if they (or anyone else) can track you via your device MAC addresses, or other device ID?

 

[Weaselboy]

I wonder if they (or anyone else) can track you via your device MAC addresses, or other device ID?

I believe they can and if you combine that with your "browser footprint" (things like user agent), I think even though they may not know your name, they can have a pretty good idea it is the same person over different browsing sessions and tie that together into a ad profile.

 

[Tech198]

The moment Apple does this, i'm gonna download all of my data 🙂

I wonder if they (or anyone else) can track you via your device MAC addresses, or other device ID?

If we all believe that and we all think "Apple must be the claim to fame" in all of this, then aren't we all just cherry picking as well as uses?

Just saying. If thinks that, then i don't think they'd be online, until companies world-wide started doing random MAC addresses every-time device reboot, or unlocks. (not a bad idea for security)

Very similar to way way virtual machines generate a private MAC address, except its always changing. Perhaps that would be going overboard... Better to just be its own private MAC addressing

 

[dotnet]

Google have had this for years. A single page where you can download everything they hold on you

The difference is that with Google, anyone can google what they hold on you 😀

 

[Mr. Heckles]

Sounds like a cool idea. Not sure if I would ever use it, but I may need this someday.

 

[dpelletier360]

If anyone sees this pop up on their account (presumably at appleid.apple.com ?), then do advise the rest of us here. TIA.

I have. Also I use 2FA on my account, and a unique password.