Security researchers say apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter, and countless others collect data in surprising ways.

iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send You Notifications, Researchers Find::Security researchers say apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter, and countless others collect data in surprising ways.

  • A_A@lemmy.worldEnglish
    741·
    5 months ago

    When we don’t pay we are the product. Conversely, when we do pay we are still the f***ing product.

    • saltesc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      5 months ago

      iPhone apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X/Twitter are skirting Apple’s privacy rules to collect user data through notifications

      Seems it’s the free shit doing what they do best and the thing you paid for needs to plug some loopholes. I can’t imagine Apple’s coordinating if there’s no profit for them…like when native Facebook and Twitter accounts appeared in the iOS settings, hmmmmmmm.

    • errer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      5 months ago

      As if the products you pay for don’t do the same fucking thing