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Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Store API rules
- lapcat 3y agoEngadget is not a good link. It's multiple links removed from the source. The article begins, "Apple will soon start cracking down on Apps that collect data on users' devices in order to track them (aka "fingerprinting"), according to an article on its developer site spotted by 9to5Mac." https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/privacy_manifest_files/describing_use_of_required_reason_api https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/pr... https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/27/app-store-describe-app-api/ https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/27/app-store-describe-app-api/ Also, Apple posted it here, which is likely where 9to5mac saw it: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=z6fu1dcu https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=z6fu1dcu Simultaneous HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36900782 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36900782
- dang 3y agoOk, let's merge this thread into https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36900782 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36900782. Thanks!