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It's misleading to claim that Apple has "let and helped Facebook, TikTok, Tinder etc. track users [...]" using the keychain API. The persistence you're talking
by nozzlegear 3mo ago
It's misleading to claim that Apple has "let and helped Facebook, TikTok, Tinder etc. track users [...]" using the keychain API. The persistence you're talking about, which those companies exploit, is a side effect of how the API works, not an intentional surveillance feature. Furthermore, it's not some special API that those big companies made a deal with Apple to get access to – any iOS dev can use it.
It's a real flaw that they should've fixed a long time ago, but your conspiratorial framing makes it seem like Apple colluded with Facebook et al. to end run their own privacy protections, while ignoring the fact that Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature has cost Facebook billions.
- Razengan 3mo ago1. How many years ago was the iCloud Keychain API introduced? 2. Why in't there any UI in iOS yet to view and delete that data without using those apps, asking them nicely, and trusting them to do it? 3. Why aren't users informed about apps storing data that will carry across app reinstalls, device reinstalls, and to all your other devices?
- nozzlegear 3mo ago1. Rhetorical? 2. Why would there be? Apple building a UI for people to accidentally fuck up their apps sounds like the exact kind of thing Apple would never do on iOS. 3. Users are already informed when an app wants to track them. Beyond that, having an app store data so that it carries across reinstalls and to all my other devices is what I would expect my apps to do. If I uninstall an app and reinstall it later, I want it to pick up where I left off, not with a blank slate.