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Yes. But FWIW, a user can reset their "Advertising Identifier" anytime they want: Settings -> Privacy -> Advertising -> Reset Advertising Identifier... No

Yes. But FWIW, a user can reset their "Advertising Identifier" anytime they want: Settings -> Privacy -> Advertising -> Reset Advertising Identifier... Now if iOS was more hacker friendly, I'd write an app to automate that action and have it run regularly or on a random schedule or something.

hombre_fatal 7y ago
Well, the checkbox right above the UI option you pointed out will zero-out your identifier.
SXX 7y ago
> Now if iOS was more hacker friendly, I'd write an app to automate that action and have it run regularly or on a random schedule or something. Of course you never mentioned Android in your post, but I just want to point out that Android in no way is more hacker-friendly. As soon as you obtain root access half of apps will stop to be feature-complete because Google have SafetyNet and there is no way at all to make your own legit "hacker" apps trusted to use elevated privileges. How is your phone is useful if part of games wont work, streaming wont work, banking apps dont work, etc. Of course they sell it under sauce of anti-malware and "security", but it's Android have anti-consumer DRM system that make your compromise between useful apps and whatever hacks you wish to apply. So not that much more useful compared to jailbroken iOS.
- gear54rus 7y ago
  > there is no way at all to make your own legit "hacker" apps trusted to use elevated privileges Of course there is. To circumvent this closed apple-esque bullshit you can just install magisk.
  - SXX 7y ago
    My point is that Android as platform don't have this feature and it's vendor only care about interests of carriers, pro-DRM media companies and own ads business. Magisk is never ending cat and mouse game and at any moment Google can just add some hardware-backed privileged rootkit that not going to be easy to bypass. So it's not always usable for every app out there.
    - gear54rus 7y ago
      Well yes it's another toxic business, that only cares about profits, news at 11. The difference is that the good part of the community tries to unlock the platform's true potential instead of chanting "walled garden means safety" and "you don't actually have that use case". And that part of the community has advanced tremendously. It's in the mindset.
DagAgren 7y ago
Why not just turn off the tracking identifier?
- emptybits 7y ago
  I suppose part of me hopes that spotty or misleading data disrupts advertising models more than an absence of data. I may be wrong.
  - DagAgren 7y ago
    Fair enough!

hombre_fatal 7y ago

Well, the checkbox right above the UI option you pointed out will zero-out your identifier.

SXX 7y ago

> Now if iOS was more hacker friendly, I'd write an app to automate that action and have it run regularly or on a random schedule or something. Of course you never mentioned Android in your post, but I just want to point out that Android in no way is more hacker-friendly. As soon as you obtain root access half of apps will stop to be feature-complete because Google have SafetyNet and there is no way at all to make your own legit "hacker" apps trusted to use elevated privileges. How is your phone is useful if part of games wont work, streaming wont work, banking apps dont work, etc. Of course they sell it under sauce of anti-malware and "security", but it's Android have anti-consumer DRM system that make your compromise between useful apps and whatever hacks you wish to apply. So not that much more useful compared to jailbroken iOS.

gear54rus 7y ago
> there is no way at all to make your own legit "hacker" apps trusted to use elevated privileges Of course there is. To circumvent this closed apple-esque bullshit you can just install magisk.
- SXX 7y ago
  My point is that Android as platform don't have this feature and it's vendor only care about interests of carriers, pro-DRM media companies and own ads business. Magisk is never ending cat and mouse game and at any moment Google can just add some hardware-backed privileged rootkit that not going to be easy to bypass. So it's not always usable for every app out there.
  - gear54rus 7y ago
    Well yes it's another toxic business, that only cares about profits, news at 11. The difference is that the good part of the community tries to unlock the platform's true potential instead of chanting "walled garden means safety" and "you don't actually have that use case". And that part of the community has advanced tremendously. It's in the mindset.

DagAgren 7y ago

Why not just turn off the tracking identifier?

emptybits 7y ago
I suppose part of me hopes that spotty or misleading data disrupts advertising models more than an absence of data. I may be wrong.
- DagAgren 7y ago
  Fair enough!