Facebook could trying to make a phone again, then they can do whatever tracking they want with it "on the free internet".
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Facebook Says Apple's Upcoming Anti-Tracking Prompt is 'More About Profit Than Privacy' [Updated]
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I would love to see new laws that mandate privacy and data collection be made separate from EULAs. These nebulous and vague agreements have become shields for companies to (mis)behave however they want with people’s data and privacy. And because money is usually involved (because it’s very valuable information), this usually encourages maximum misbehavior and wanton disregard.
You have no idea who you are talking to. I deleted the FB app years ago.
I don't get people like you. You hate Apple so you come to an Apple forum to get snarky and complain about cultists. There are better uses of your time.
Dude have you read any of the 500 comments I have made on this thread. Or read the two articles I posted which explain my point.
www.forbes.com
9to5mac.com
Try to educate yourself a little and read before you waste time posting nonsense.
Apple’s Ad Network Gets ‘Preferential Access To Users’ Data’ vs Facebook, Google, Others
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Apple ad revenue could grow more than five-fold by 2025, according to JP Morgan. The bank says that the opportunity is created by ...
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Try to educate yourself a little and read before you waste time posting nonsense.
Any idiot that gets that phone should feel free to be tracked all the time. I wonder if they could track users that are in the radius of the phone?
It was turned off on my device when I just checked. I don’t remember turning it off though. But that just means I don’t remember what ‘process’ let me to turning it off, either something pointed me to it (which could have been an article I’ve read but have since forgotten about) or I got curious one day and wondered through the settings options.
When you set up a new device there a couple of questions but maybe they are about sending analytics.
BTW, also this setting was off when I checked (and I also don’t remember turning it off):
You don't have to have a Facebook account in order for Facebook to track your every movement.
Did I mention ayale99 personally? I'm pretty sure I did not. If you don't use Facebook then OBVIOUSLY I am not talking about you. I am talking about people who continue to use Facebook and then cry about advertising. Please try to sharpen your comprehension skills. Thanks
Apple has stated over and over the they don't track people. They don't show the popup because they're not tracking you.
Here is the tracking policy statement from "the least transparent company in the history of the world."
Apple-delivered advertising helps people discover apps, products, and services while respecting user privacy. Apple’s advertising platform is designed to protect your information and give you control over how we use your information. Our advertising platform doesn’t share personally identifiable information with third parties.
Ads that are delivered by Apple’s advertising platform may appear on the App Store, Apple News, and Stocks. Apple’s advertising platform does not track you, meaning that it does not link user or device data collected from our apps with user or device data collected from third parties for targeted advertising or advertising measurement purposes, and does not share user or device data with data brokers.
Contextual Information
Contextual information may be used to serve ads to you, such as:
• Device Information: Your keyboard language settings, device type, OS version, mobile carrier, and connection type.
• Device Location: If Location Services is enabled and you’ve granted permission to the App Store or Apple News apps to access your location, your location may be used to serve you geographically relevant ads. Your precise device location is not stored by Apple’s advertising platform, and profiles are not constructed from this information. To access these settings, go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services.
• Searches on the App Store: When you search on the App Store, your query may be used to serve you a relevant ad.
• Apple News and Stocks: The type of story you read may be used to select appropriate ads.
Segments
We create segments, which are groups of people who share similar characteristics, and use these groups for delivering targeted ads. Information about you may be used to determine which segments you’re assigned to, and thus, which ads you receive. To protect your privacy, targeted ads are delivered only if more than 5,000 people meet the targeting criteria.
We may use information such as the following to assign you to segments:
• Account Information: Your name, address, age, and devices registered to your Apple ID account. Information such as your first name in your Apple ID registration page or salutation in your Apple ID account may be used to derive your gender.
• Downloads, Purchases & Subscriptions: The music, movies, books, TV shows, and apps you download, as well as any in-app purchases and subscriptions. We don’t allow targeting based on downloads of a specific app or purchases within a specific app (including subscriptions) from the App Store, unless the targeting is done by that app’s developer.
• Apple News and Stocks: The topics and categories of the stories you read and the publications you follow, subscribe to, or enable notifications from.
• Advertising: Your interactions with ads delivered by Apple’s advertising platform.
When selecting which ad to display from multiple ads for which you are eligible, we may use some of the above-mentioned information, as well as your App Store browsing activity, to determine which ad is likely to be most relevant to you. App Store browsing activity includes the content and apps you tap and view while browsing the App Store. This information is aggregated across users so that it does not identify you.
Apple does not share any personally identifiable information with third parties. We are obligated to make certain non-personal information available to strategic partners that work with Apple to provide our products and services, help Apple market to customers, and sell ads on Apple’s behalf.
No Apple Pay transactions or Health app data is accessible to Apple’s advertising platform, or is used for advertising purposes.
Apple does not know or make available to advertisers information about your sexual orientation, religious beliefs, or political affiliations.
Advertising Preferences
About This Ad
To understand why a specific ad was shown to you on the App Store, Apple News, or Stocks, tap the Ad button on the ad. This will present the segments and other data, such as demographic information, that were used to determine which ad you received.
Ad Targeting Information
To see information about you that may be used to deliver targeted ads by Apple’s advertising platform, including the segments that you are in.
To see this information on your iOS or iPadOS device, go to Settings > Privacy > Apple Advertising and tap View Ad Targeting Information. On Mac, go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy, select Apple Advertising, then click View Ad Information.
If you believe information about you is inaccurate, you can update your Apple ID account information.
Location-Based Ads
If you grant the App Store or Apple News access to your device location, Apple’s advertising platform may use the current location of your device to provide you with geographically targeted ads on the App Store and on Apple News.
You can opt out on your iOS or iPadOS device by going to Settings > Privacy > Location Services, and either tapping to turn off Location Services or selecting App Store or News from the list of location-aware switches and setting it to Never. On Mac, go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy, select Location Services, and deselect either “Enable Location Services” or “News.”
Apple’s advertising platform does not receive location-based information when you turn off Location Services on your device.
Personalized Ads
If Personalized Ads is turned on, Apple’s advertising platform may use your information to serve ads that are more relevant to you. Turning off Personalized Ads will prevent Apple from using this information for ad targeting. It may not decrease the number of ads you receive, but the ads may be less relevant to you.
You can disable Personalized Ads on your iOS or iPadOS device by going to Settings > Privacy > Apple Advertising and tapping to turn off Personalized Ads. On Mac, go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy, select Apple Advertising, and deselect Personalized Ads.
At all times, information collected by Apple will be treated in accordance with Apple’s Privacy Policy, which can be found at www.apple.com/privacy.
Yes you're right everyone reads that. My mom and my grandma would know to go to that page and read Apple's huge advertising disclaimer. Of course not! Apple's personalized targeted advertising is turned ON by default. You would have to know to read that article and then go into the settings yourself and turn it off. You get no popup. But for every other company out there, there will be a popup asking you to be tracked or not. Why doesn't Apple do the same for their own apps? Why don't you get a popup asking about Apple's apps. Because they don't want you to go into the settings and turn off targeted advertising on their apps.Apple has stated over and over the they don't track people. They don't show the popup because they're not tracking you.
Here is the tracking policy statement from "the least transparent company in the history of the world."
Apple-delivered advertising helps people discover apps, products, and services while respecting user privacy. Apple’s advertising platform is designed to protect your information and give you control over how we use your information. Our advertising platform doesn’t share personally identifiable information with third parties.
Ads that are delivered by Apple’s advertising platform may appear on the App Store, Apple News, and Stocks. Apple’s advertising platform does not track you, meaning that it does not link user or device data collected from our apps with user or device data collected from third parties for targeted advertising or advertising measurement purposes, and does not share user or device data with data brokers.
Contextual Information
Contextual information may be used to serve ads to you, such as:
• Device Information: Your keyboard language settings, device type, OS version, mobile carrier, and connection type.
• Device Location: If Location Services is enabled and you’ve granted permission to the App Store or Apple News apps to access your location, your location may be used to serve you geographically relevant ads. Your precise device location is not stored by Apple’s advertising platform, and profiles are not constructed from this information. To access these settings, go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services.
• Searches on the App Store: When you search on the App Store, your query may be used to serve you a relevant ad.
• Apple News and Stocks: The type of story you read may be used to select appropriate ads.
Segments
We create segments, which are groups of people who share similar characteristics, and use these groups for delivering targeted ads. Information about you may be used to determine which segments you’re assigned to, and thus, which ads you receive. To protect your privacy, targeted ads are delivered only if more than 5,000 people meet the targeting criteria.
We may use information such as the following to assign you to segments:
• Account Information: Your name, address, age, and devices registered to your Apple ID account. Information such as your first name in your Apple ID registration page or salutation in your Apple ID account may be used to derive your gender.
• Downloads, Purchases & Subscriptions: The music, movies, books, TV shows, and apps you download, as well as any in-app purchases and subscriptions. We don’t allow targeting based on downloads of a specific app or purchases within a specific app (including subscriptions) from the App Store, unless the targeting is done by that app’s developer.
• Apple News and Stocks: The topics and categories of the stories you read and the publications you follow, subscribe to, or enable notifications from.
• Advertising: Your interactions with ads delivered by Apple’s advertising platform.
When selecting which ad to display from multiple ads for which you are eligible, we may use some of the above-mentioned information, as well as your App Store browsing activity, to determine which ad is likely to be most relevant to you. App Store browsing activity includes the content and apps you tap and view while browsing the App Store. This information is aggregated across users so that it does not identify you.
Apple does not share any personally identifiable information with third parties. We are obligated to make certain non-personal information available to strategic partners that work with Apple to provide our products and services, help Apple market to customers, and sell ads on Apple’s behalf.
No Apple Pay transactions or Health app data is accessible to Apple’s advertising platform, or is used for advertising purposes.
Apple does not know or make available to advertisers information about your sexual orientation, religious beliefs, or political affiliations.
Advertising Preferences
About This Ad
To understand why a specific ad was shown to you on the App Store, Apple News, or Stocks, tap the Ad button on the ad. This will present the segments and other data, such as demographic information, that were used to determine which ad you received.
Ad Targeting Information
To see information about you that may be used to deliver targeted ads by Apple’s advertising platform, including the segments that you are in.
To see this information on your iOS or iPadOS device, go to Settings > Privacy > Apple Advertising and tap View Ad Targeting Information. On Mac, go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy, select Apple Advertising, then click View Ad Information.
If you believe information about you is inaccurate, you can update your Apple ID account information.
Location-Based Ads
If you grant the App Store or Apple News access to your device location, Apple’s advertising platform may use the current location of your device to provide you with geographically targeted ads on the App Store and on Apple News.
You can opt out on your iOS or iPadOS device by going to Settings > Privacy > Location Services, and either tapping to turn off Location Services or selecting App Store or News from the list of location-aware switches and setting it to Never. On Mac, go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy, select Location Services, and deselect either “Enable Location Services” or “News.”
Apple’s advertising platform does not receive location-based information when you turn off Location Services on your device.
Personalized Ads
If Personalized Ads is turned on, Apple’s advertising platform may use your information to serve ads that are more relevant to you. Turning off Personalized Ads will prevent Apple from using this information for ad targeting. It may not decrease the number of ads you receive, but the ads may be less relevant to you.
You can disable Personalized Ads on your iOS or iPadOS device by going to Settings > Privacy > Apple Advertising and tapping to turn off Personalized Ads. On Mac, go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy, select Apple Advertising, and deselect Personalized Ads.
At all times, information collected by Apple will be treated in accordance with Apple’s Privacy Policy, which can be found at www.apple.com/privacy.
Facebook is against Apple's anti-tracking feature because it works. If Facebook doesn't like it, then they should remove their apps from Apple's platforms.
Uh...doesn’t all of this come up when you first set up your phone?
Then it's not a problem for you to agree to be tracked. Other people are concerned about that and will not agree to be tracked. Isn't it great that Apple is going to implement a solution for both types of people? Those who don't care (which is probably most people) and those who do.
No that doesn't come up. I have set up many iPhones and never once seen that long wall of text explaining their advertising. You have to go into the settings yourself and turn off Apple's targeted advertising. Most people will never do that.
Yes it's great except for the fact that Apple is only doing it for other companies apps. You will get no popup or warning to not be tracked by Apple's own apps. You have to go into the settings yourself and disable it with no warning from Apple. That is the problem. They should hold themselves to the exact same standard they are setting for other companies.
I have yet to see one advertisement on any Apple product or service I own.
PS: You're a troll. Go troll somewhere else.
Why does the prompt say "ask not to track?" Is it asking or preventing?
This sounds like an identifier iOS chooses to give to the app, which presumably it could just not give.
Totally depends on whether FB is allowed to withhold features from people who say no.
Pretty sure there's a setting to disable personalized ad tracking. On MacOS, it's in System Preferences/Security and Privacy/Privacy/Apple Advertising. In iOS, it's in Settings/Privacy/Apple Advertising (confirmed on both recent versions of the OSes). Doesn't disable advertising altogether, but rather the "personalized" component that depends on tracking.
Apple ad revenue could hit $11B a year by 2025 – JP Morgan - 9to5Mac
Apple ad revenue could grow more than five-fold by 2025, according to JP Morgan. The bank says that the opportunity is created by ...
9to5mac.com
Apple’s Ad Network Gets ‘Preferential Access To Users’ Data’ vs Facebook, Google, Others
Most people don’t even know that Apple runs an ad network ...
www.forbes.com
You're right though. They do to everyone but you.
Yes there is a setting. That's not the problem. They don't tell you about the setting or warn you with a popup. They do it with every other app out there, a popup will prompt you to either allow or deny the tracking. For Apple, you have to know how to go into the settings and turn it off. How many people, especially older people go digging around in the settings. Apple's apps should have the exact same popups they are placing on everyone else's apps.