Expert: Facebook, IG App Can Steal Secrets, and Users Can't Turn It Off!by@z3nch4n
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Expert: Facebook, IG App Can Steal Secrets, and Users Can't Turn It Off!

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Facebook and Instagram apps track users' browsing behavior on third-party websites without consent. Apple introduced App Tracking Transparency in iOS 14.5 to give users control of apps. Facebook says Apple’s simple iPhone alert is **costing Facebook $10 billion a year*** The tracking is not new for Facebook but gives us a glimpse of how much it knows about us, says Felix Krause, a former Google engineer who studies privacy, in a [blog post] on the 10th.

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Interested in Infosec & Biohacking. Security Architect by profession. Love reading and running.


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