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This is getting less and less true though. Also WiFi permission is not a thing on iOS.

• crimsontech 1y ago
  These apps were recently found to be collectind a huge amount of personal browsing data from the device, regardless of whether private browser mode was used or permission settings. https://localmess.github.io/ https://localmess.github.io/ This technique was discovered, makes me wonder how many undiscovered techniques are still in use.
  • frizlab 1y ago
    This is on android. iOS has usually less privacy issues.
• gxs 1y ago
  I understand but less true doesn’t mean not true Also my bad, been a while since I installed an app believe it or not - also possible I saw this in android, but the general point stands
  • frizlab 1y ago
    Yeah permissions are relatively straightforward on iOS, and tracking w/o user consent is very much involved nowadays, whether in an app or on the web, and probably more difficult in an app.