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Facebook Says Impact of iOS 14.5's App Tracking Transparency Will Be 'Manageable'
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You won't have to wait much longer to hear about all the new privacy updates Apple has planned for iOS 15. 👌
you just think so, Instagram, Facebook, does not matter…
I know, but Instagram is a little less invasive than facebook as I literally only post my artworks on it.
Nothing more...
Never knew that. Thanks <3
Edit: Nah, it doesn't work. Your browser gets redirected to Google, so they have my data
Right. DDG is actually my default search engine on the iPhone, and I find that, particularly related to purchasing products, I end up more often at Google than I would like to. Sometimes Google is able to find that obscure part I am looking for.
DDG will get there, because they probably realize that more and more people are starting to make the switch.
Okay So, I was pretty hyped for ios 14.5 update and ATT....
I was watching videos explaining the functioning of ATT and trying to get as much information as possible...
I stummbled upon
this very underrated video Explaining ATT!
And Now I'm having second thoughts about all this ATT hype and drama that has been around!
I was watching videos explaining the functioning of ATT and trying to get as much information as possible...
I stummbled upon
And Now I'm having second thoughts about all this ATT hype and drama that has been around!
For information that is more than a year old DDG works just fine. But if you need the latest search results, such as for programming or other technologies, DDG's results are very outdated. For anything new I'm forced to use Google. For everything else I use DDG.
Facebook is suffocating. More people are closing their accounts and moving to privacy respecting services including the ever popular use of adblockers. Good bye Zuck, you will forever be remembered as the evil CEO of Silicon Valley.
DDG drawbacks:
-Local things
-Very specific terms
-local languages world wide
-old infomartion from 10-20 years ago
DDG drawbacks:
-Local things
-Very specific terms
-local languages world wide
-old infomartion from 10-20 years ago
You can use startpage.com instead of Google. They serve Google results in a more privacy respecting manner. They have a deal with Google to do this and i have no idea why Google agreed.
I updated to 14.5 as soon as it came out and I have not seen a single tracking permission come up yet, I don't really know why is that, I have tried disabling on and off for all, nothing.
Oh yeah. I could have sworn they had more privacy protection/data insulation language around their '!bang' functionality when I originally learned about it but looking now it seems like it's basically just a shortcut. Sorry to misadvise you!Never knew that. Thanks <3
Edit: Nah, it doesn't work. Your browser gets redirected to Google, so they have my data
Instagram is WAY more invasive than the Facebook app. Data show Instagram has a stronger hold on you than the FB app.
Did you use FaceBook/FB Messenger or WhatsApp?
The complexity and scope of the data collection system is something that takes a while to get your head around. Even if you take every precaution to protect your own privacy it's dependent on the receiver to do the same. If you have been looking at bathroom fittings on line and that data is available, then you call your management company in the same time frame it's not too difficult to surmise it might be about bathroom maintenance. Either way it's worth a shot.
Apple's promo story, "A day in the life of your data." is a good layman's explanation of commercial data collection. Definitely worth a read.
This all beggars the question; would you pay for FaceBook?
Zuckerberg might be downplaying the facts a little for the shareholders because we already saw the groundswell of reactions against WhatsApp in January when they decided to change their privacy policies, later retracted (well, softened) as people in their droves moved to Telegram and Signal.
Zuckerberg might be downplaying the facts a little for the shareholders because we already saw the groundswell of reactions against WhatsApp in January when they decided to change their privacy policies, later retracted (well, softened) as people in their droves moved to Telegram and Signal.
And Ghostery Dawn uses the FireFox template but it still selectively blocks trackers and ads. I've been using Vivaldi with DDG for a while now a browser which blocks ads and trackers too.
Yes, this is a big topic, there are a lot of articles online about ATT and its compliance but of course there are a whole lot of us that don't use ATT.