Advertisers are hijacking apps to beat Apple and developers’ privacy efforts
A new report claims that popular iPhone apps are being used by advertisers to get your location details, despite Apple’s App Tracking Transparency — and even without the app developers’ knowledge.
Apple introduced App Tracking Transparency (ATT) with iOS 14 back in 2020, and was so effective at blocking advertisers from harvesting and then selling user data, that it reportedly made Facebook’s revenue drop by $12.8 billion in a year. However, a new report claims that advertisers have found other ways to track and monetise user data.
Some widely used apps, including Candy Crush, Tinder, and MyFitnessPal, are allegedly being exploited by rogue actors within the advertising industry to collect sensitive location data on an enormous scale. This has been claimed before, but now 404 Media reports that a hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed evidence of thousands of popular apps being unknowingly utilized to provide mass location data to advertisers.
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