Hacker News Reader

Comment by nostromo | Hacker News Reader

> The researchers claim Apple engages in invasive data practices similar to those it forbids among third-parties

Is Facebook funding this lawsuit?

I’m all for extending privacy, but there’s a difference between a company I’m a customer of using my data to provide me with services and every random third-party app or website selling my data to who knows who for a buck.

View on HN

Apple was caught recording analytical data about how you use your phone with a static identifier.

Basically what Google analytics and Facebook analytics do

The difference with the case you're referencing (here's the link[0], since you didn't include it yourself) is that analytics data inside apps like the App Store is different from the prompt about system-level data collection. If you decline the data collection during setup, other apps might still collect it, since that data collection is defined on your account in App Store -> Account Settings -> Personalized Recommendations. Given you can set up the phone without an Apple ID, declining OS-level analytics doesn't automatically disable the tracking for your Apple ID once you sign in.

0: https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/19/class-action-privacy-lawsuit/

Sounds a bit similar to what Google got in trouble for on Android - saying disabling OS level tracking does not mean web apps (IIRC) can not track either. Aka, saying search history is different enough that the control does not affect it

Reply on news.ycombinator.com