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> Browsers can't access all the APIs in iOS And nor should they. Every single API that gets added to a browser increases the likelihood that you will be accur
by threeseed 2y ago
> Browsers can't access all the APIs in iOS
And nor should they.
Every single API that gets added to a browser increases the likelihood that you will be accurately fingerprinted and tracked across the web. This data is then packaged and sold to third parties whom you will never know about.
Every time I hear the PWA argument it's always what is in the best interest of developers not users.
- bogdan 2y agoFingerprinting isn't going anywhere without legislation. New browser APIs or PWAs won't change the underlying problem. It's the same status quo.
- the_gipsy 2y agoApps fingerprint you much, much better, and can access more data (despite what apple marketing says), your argument is moot.
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- scarface_74 2y agoWhat data can apps access without your explicit permission?
- bdangubic 2y agoinstall tiktok (if you do not have it) and disable everything, no mic/camera/photos/contacts/… nothing. then ask you partner/friend/… to send you some text messages about purchasing an ebike for instance. open safari and do some searches for ebikes (https://blue.bike https://blue.bike perhaps and others)… the head on over to tiktok and scroll a bit and see if any ebikes start showing up…
- threeseed 2y agoa) There is no evidence that Apple is sharing messages with third parties. b) You are simply confirming my point which is that when you visit a website it is able to tie you to an consistent identifier through the APIs your browser supports.
- bdangubic 2y agothere is no evidence for a whole lot of things… /s
- scarface_74 2y agoSo you think there a conspiracy and that TikTok for iOS has been able to break out of its sandbox and read your text messages? This would have made news if so.
- monocularvision 2y agoYou do realize that it was the “open safari and do some searches for ebikes” step that causes you to get the ads in TikTok, right?
- acheron 2y agoWhat? No. Apps are guaranteed to be sandboxed and can’t access anything you don’t let them.
- rpdillon 2y ago> Every time I hear the PWA argument it's always what is in the best interest of developers not users. I can control a web app through customizations to my browser in ways I can't with a native app. It's about user choice.