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April 27, 2021

Apple's iPhone privacy clampdown finally here

  • Until now, Facebook and other apps have been able to automatically conduct surveillance on iPhones unless users change their settings.
    • By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
    AP Technology Writer

    SAN RAMON, Calif. — Apple is following through on its pledge to crack down Facebook and other snoopy apps that secretly shadow people on their iPhones to help sell more advertising.

    The new privacy feature, dubbed “App Tracking Transparency,” rolled out Monday as part of an update to the operating system powering the iPhone and iPad. The anti-tracking shield included in iOS 14.5 arrives after a seven-month delay during which Apple and Facebook attacked each other's business models and motives for decisions that affect billions of people around the world.


     
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