6 ms·
Twitter Is Tracking Users’ Installed Apps for Ad Targeting
- nemothekid 12y agoNot 100% sure, but I think the facebook App does something similar.
- y0ghur7_xxx 12y ago> Not 100% sure, but I think the facebook App does something similar. from the article: "A Facebook spokesperson said it also collects that data to help it tailor and target its ads. For example, the company might use it to help an app developer target ads to users that have already downloaded that developer’s other apps."
- akilism 12y agoand its not even good. i see ad's for apps i have installed all the time.
- rodgerd 12y agoJoke's on their advertisers, since I can hardly be the only person who routinely blocks promoted tweets.
- benwerd 12y agoAt this point, I don't believe it's possible to be in favor of civil liberties and work with contextual advertising.
- mahouse 12y agoI can understand Android lets the app do that, because well, Android is Android, but... iOS too?!
- micampe 12y agoThere is no explicit way on iOS to check what other apps are installed, but they can check whether an URL scheme is supported, and from that you can infer the app is installed (not guaranteed, many apps can register the same scheme). If the app doesn't register a URL scheme I don't think there is a way to detect it.
- msoad 12y agoAdd Twitter mobile to your home screen. For me, it's exactly the same experience. Actually it's better! I don't get notifications about who to follow or some person tweeted or retweeted something!
- 37prime 12y agoI have “Limit Ad Tracking” turned on. Apparently it prevented Apps from collecting the list of applications on my iOS Devices. I also enable “Opt out of interest-based ads” on my Android Devices.