While Apple tries to convince you how secure your personal iPhone is, the company is stealing a huge amount of data, Gizmodo writes.
The iPhone has a privacy setting that should disable this tracking. A new report from independent researchers says Apple collects extremely detailed information about you with its apps, even when you turn off tracking. This is clearly a direct contradiction to Apple’s description of how privacy protection works.
Setting up iPhone Analytics makes an explicit promise. Turn it off and Apple says it will “completely disable Device Analytics sharing.”
It turns out that thanks to the App Store, Apple Music, Apple TV, Books and Stocks, the company continues to collect the same amount of data, even with iPhone Analytics turned off.
The discovery was made by two researchers: Tommy Misk and Talal HajBakri.
“The granular level of tracking is shocking for a company like AppleMisk tells Gizmodo.
For example, the App Store collects information about every single thing you’ve done in real time, including what you’ve tapped, what apps you’ve searched for, what ads you’ve seen, and how long you’ve been searching for an app and how you’ve found it. .
The app also sends details about you and your device, including ID numbers, the type of phone you are using, screen resolution, keyboard languages, how you are connected to the internet, especially the type of information found often used for the fingerprint of the device.
The Stocks app, on the other hand, sends Apple the list of stocks you’ve watched, the names of stocks you’ve viewed or searched for, and the financial news you’ve read.
It’s impossible to know what Apple is doing with the data. The company did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
