In wake of Apple privacy controls, Facebook mulls just begging its iOS app users to let it track them over the web

In wake of Apple privacy controls, Facebook mulls just begging its iOS app users to let it track them over the web

Facebook has created a new screen in its iOS app that will urge people to allow it to continue stalking their online activities for targeted advertising.


This is in response to Apple preparing to introduce a prompt that asks users whether or not they want to grant Facebook's software permission to track them when they use other apps and websites. This choice was due to arrive in an iOS 14 software update though it was delayed after the iGiant said it wanted to give developers more time to get their heads around the change.

If permission is granted, Facebook's app can access what Apple calls its Identifier for Advertisers – a unique per-user ID that can be used to identify and track you from app to app and website to website on iOS, allowing the an ..

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