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This is irrespective of the OS. Basically, on the webview, they are running a downloading and running hidden video with all the trackers going off.
by product50 8y ago
This is irrespective of the OS. Basically, on the webview, they are running a downloading and running hidden video with all the trackers going off.
- whalesalad 8y agoNot necessarily. You can’t run wild on iOS.
- product50 8y agoYou can continue to believe that iOS is your temple of all great things and nothing bad can happen there. Or you can wake up and smell the coffee. It has nothing to do with the OS but everything to do with how HTML works on in app browsers.
- underwater 8y agoWhat makes you say that? Ads are generally powered by webviews, and there is little that Apple can do to determine what is desired behaviour and what is nefarious. Unless you are suggesting iAds should be the only game in town? Web standards are introducing resource limits that can be used to prevent this abuse in the future, but that is not platform specific.
- hrdwdmrbl 8y agoIt's not clear from the article, but this is only possible when the app is being viewed right?