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This is getting less and less true though. Also WiFi permission is not a thing on iOS.

These apps were recently found to be collectind a huge amount of personal browsing data from the device, regardless of whether private browser mode was used or permission settings.

https://localmess.github.io/

This technique was discovered, makes me wonder how many undiscovered techniques are still in use.

This is on android. iOS has usually less privacy issues.

I understand but less true doesn’t mean not true

Also my bad, been a while since I installed an app believe it or not - also possible I saw this in android, but the general point stands

Yeah permissions are relatively straightforward on iOS, and tracking w/o user consent is very much involved nowadays, whether in an app or on the web, and probably more difficult in an app.

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