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There's a difference between sneaking through App Store review and not enforcing anything at all. People still shoplift even though theft is a crime, that's not
by nodamage 5y ago
There's a difference between sneaking through App Store review and not enforcing anything at all. People still shoplift even though theft is a crime, that's not an argument against having laws.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 5y agoNo. Apple provides a door (advertising ID) but there's also a window (fingerprinting). Right now both things exist. Apps already have the ability to fingerprint users with data they collect and that's not sneaky. That's a strange argument though. Apple forks over an advertising ID so that any app can fingerprint you with a single system call yet you complain that more apps might in the future fingerprint you themselves.
- nodamage 5y agoThe difference is the advertising ID can be disabled or reset by the user, and Apple has started blocking apps that use fingerprinting SDKs during app review. (https://9to5mac.com/2021/04/01/app-store-now-rejecting-apps-using-third-party-sdks-that-collect-user-data-without-consent/ https://9to5mac.com/2021/04/01/app-store-now-rejecting-apps-...) Without app review there would be no practical way for end users to avoid fingerprinting. > That's a strange argument though. Only if you don't consider consent. A user opting-in and enabling the advertising ID is very different from a bunch of apps using third-party SDKs to fingerprint their device without asking.