Here is how to stop advertisers from tracking you in iOS 6

0. phoneArena posted on 12 Oct 2012, 08:16

Today, Apple is under the spotlight as it has been revealed that iOS 6 collects user data. In fact, some say that the IFA system (short for "identifier for advertisers") is doing that more efficiently than ever. There is no cause for alarm as the information does not reveal your identity to anyone. It is used by advertisers to efficiently provide ads...

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1. Topcat488 posted on 12 Oct 2012, 08:55 4

You are the Apple of my EYE!!!
I mean iSpy...

2. -box- posted on 12 Oct 2012, 09:58 2

Has apple learned nothing from their bad PR?

Then again, the cultists keep buying more, so maybe they don't care.

3. Droid_X_Doug posted on 12 Oct 2012, 10:20 1

The fact that turning off the tracking function is so convoluted, says that Apple really doesn't want you to turn it off. But Apple still wants to maintain plausible deniability when they were inevitably caught with a tracking function implemented in iOS 6.

Shame on you, Apple!

7. Hemlocke (unregistered) posted on 12 Oct 2012, 13:20 1

Tell me again, how do you opt of out Google using your info to sell to advertisers if you have an Android handset?

*HINT* - You don't get that choice if you want to use Google services.

9. Droid_X_Doug posted on 13 Oct 2012, 00:05 1

Ummm. Apples and Oranges (or Ice Cream Sandwiches or Jelly Beans; probably Ginger Bread as well, but I don't have a Ginger Bread level phone). The tracking that the article was reporting on is at an OPERATING SYSTEM level in iOS v. 6.0. That means that for ANY app that you use, iOS v. 6 tracks relevant information unless you have turned off tracking.

With Android v. 4.0+, tracking occurs when you use Google applications. If you don't want to be tracked and are an Android v. 4.0+ user, don't use Google apps.

4. Synack posted on 12 Oct 2012, 10:34 1

I don't mind having this sort of thing turned on my Nexus because I always get decent search results pertained to what I need, especially location based stuff too.

5. The_Innovation posted on 12 Oct 2012, 10:56 1

Hidden on purpose eh?

6. loli5 posted on 12 Oct 2012, 12:39 4

"Here is how to stop advertisers from tracking you in iOS 6..."

Don't use iDevices. This should've been a one sentence article.

8. Paximos posted on 12 Oct 2012, 21:38 0

Apple or Google, what's the difference?...they both/all freak us up all!!!!

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