Google, Meta, Spotify accused of flouting Apple’s device fingerprinting rules
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Google, however, refuted the allegations.
“We’ve reviewed the research and determined that Chrome’s behavior does not violate Apple’s policy, and the data is not being used for fingerprinting,” a Google spokesperson said. “Instead, this data is being used to ensure proper device functionality.”
According to Google, the data being sent off-device is not being derived from the “required reasons APIs.” The data here is being used to ensure a device functions properly when its clock is updated for various reasons (such as taking a flight that impacts your timezone).
Questions to Meta and Spotify have remained unanswered. Apple too did not respond to the queries on the matter.
In an X thread, the researchers at Mysk more apps were found to be senging the collected data off-device, including YouTube, Reddit, eBay, and Discord.
“The new rule came into effect on May 1, 2024. So we’re testing popular apps that get updated after that deadline,” Mysk said.
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Google, however, refuted the allegations. “We’ve reviewed the research and determined that Chrome’s behavior does not violate Apple’s policy, and the data is not being used for fingerprinting,” a Google spokesperson said. “Instead, this data is being used to ensure proper device functionality.” According to Google, the data being sent off-device is not being derived…
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