Tag Archives: Tracking

Twitter begins prompting iOS users to enable App Tracking

Following the release of iOS 14.5 to the public last month, multiple apps began asking users to enable the App Tracking option. With the latest version of the Twitter app for iOS, users are now being asked to enable tracking in order to receive “relevant ads.” The new prompt was implemented with version 8.65 of… Read More »

How tech companies and apps are tracking kids’ data : NPR

Elva Etienne/Getty Images Elva Etienne/Getty Images Washington Post technology columnist Geoffrey Fowler says smartphones and apps are harvesting our personal data — and that of our kids — on a scale that would shock most users. By the time a child is 13, he writes, online advertising firms have collected an average of 72 million… Read More »