In der Diskussion um die Anti-Tracking-Maßnahmen in iOS 14 liegt ein zu großer Fokus auf dem „Advertising Identifier”. Die neue Nachfrage stellt zwar eine gravierende Änderung gegenüber den letzten Jahren dar, allerdings stoppt das nicht die Sammelwut über Werbe- und Analyse-SDKs, Tracking-Pixel auf Webseiten sowie alle hauseigenen Apps von Facebook und Google. Die „Ad-ID” (IDFA)

Die Exklusivmeldung gehörte Axios; der Facebook Newsroom bestätigte kurze Zeit später die Übernahme. GIPHY, a leader in visual expression and creation, is joining the Facebook company today as part of the Instagram team. GIPHY makes everyday conversations more entertaining, and so we plan to further integrate their GIF library into Instagram and our other apps

It’s quite possible that every single app you use on any particular day is running code from Facebook, Google and other data-gathering and data-mining companies. Because of the way this code is integrated — by linking to a dynamic library at build time — it means these companies can effectively control those apps, or worse,

“Earlier today, a new release of Facebook included a change that triggered crashes for some users in some apps using the Facebook iOS SDK,” a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement to The Verge. “We identified the issue quickly and resolved it. We apologize for any inconvenience.” A source with knowledge of the situation told

Absichtserklärungen für „mehr Privatsphäre” haben wir in den vergangenen Wochen sowohl von Facebook als auch Google gehört. Aber erst die tatsächliche Umsetzung wird zeigen, wie ernst es die Firmen damit meinen. Für Facebook habe ich diesbezüglich jegliche Hoffnung aufgegeben; bei Google lohnt es sich jedoch weiter den Finger in die Wunde zu legen – so wie

Apple has shut down Facebook’s ability to distribute internal iOS apps, from early releases of the Facebook app to basic tools like a lunch menu. A person familiar with the situation tells The Verge that early versions of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and other pre-release “dogfood” (beta) apps have stopped working, as have other employee apps,

Apple has recruited Mr Parakilas to work in its privacy team as a product manager, according to people familiar with the hire. His internal-facing role within Apple’s product marketing organisation will involve working with teams all over the iPhone maker, to ensure that new products in development protect users’ privacy and minimise data collection. Financial

In February 2014, Facebook purchased the messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion. The acquisition price was staggering for an app that made little money and was largely popular outside the United States. Now, newly published confidential Facebook emails and charts show exactly why CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent a small fortune for the messaging app. For