Apple rolled out a software update for its mobile devices that gives users the option of stopping apps from tracking their location and sharing other identifying information with third parties. Services such as Facebook and others currently have the ability to track users on mobile devices in order to learn more about them to target advertisements and other location-based services to them. In some instances, the tracking is in place even if the user is not actively using the app in question.
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Published on: 29 Apr 2021
"Tech giant Apple and the FBI appeared headed for a deepening confrontation Wednesday after the company鈥檚 chief pledged to fight federal demands to help mine data from an iPhone used by one of the shooters in December鈥檚 terrorist attacks in San Bernardino." ()
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Published on: 17 Feb 2016
