Apple Blasts Facebook Over Data-Sucking 'Research' App

Apple has revoked Facebook’s enterprise iOS developer certificate on the heels of a “Facebook Research” VPN app that was being distributed to consumers; the app paid teens and Millennial users in exchange for being able to track their phone and web activity, and has been available since 2016. App...

Apple Forces Facebook VPN App Out of iOS Store for Stealing Users' Data

Facebook yesterday removed its mobile VPN app called Onavo Protect from the iOS App Store after Apple declared the app violated the iPhone maker's App Store guidelines on data collection. For those who are unaware, Onavo Protect is a Facebook-owned Virtual Private Network VPN app that was primari...

Microsoft Windows: Turn off the advertising ID

This policy setting turns off the advertising ID, preventing apps from using the ID for experiences across apps. If you enable this policy setting, the advertising ID is turned off. Apps can SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced...

Twitter will now Track EVERY App You have Installed on Your Smartphone

Like Facebook and Google, Twitter will soon be collecting your smartphone data in order to provide a "more personal Twitter experience" by serving targeted advertisements. The popular microblogging service Twitter said Wednesday that it will start collecting information about the other applicatio...