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FTC to investigate Apple and Google over mobile tracking?

         

Brett_Tabke

5:54 pm on Jun 25, 2022 (gmt 0)

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According to the publication, the lawmakers wrote in a letter to FTC chair Lina Kahn that Apple and Google “knowingly facilitated these harmful practices by building advertising-specific tracking IDs into their mobile operating systems.”

That said, The Wall Street Journal also highlights that both companies have made improvements to limit the collection of user data. Apple, for example, has taken several different approaches with Sign in with Apple, App Tracking Transparency, and even Privacy Report.

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Dimitri

10:22 am on Jun 26, 2022 (gmt 0)

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Peace first, then ...

both companies have made improvements to limit the collection of user data

You can be sure that when they release "improvements", this is because they had developed alternatives, which might be worse, or best, depending on which side of the barrier you are ...