Is Meta secretly tracking iPhone users?
Meta says Apple's App Monitoring Transparency feature has reduced company's revenue by over $10 billion
September 10, 2022
Facebook parent Meta is being accused of secretly working around the privacy features Apple introduced to allow iPhone users to protect themselves.
Last year, Apple introduced features to protect its iPhone users from any software tracking their internet activity.
Two Meta users filed a lawsuit on Wednesday for allegedly breaching those features.
The claim is that the tech giant skirted "Apple’s 2021 privacy rules and violated state, and federal laws limiting the unauthorized collection of personal data," reported Tech Crunch.
Last month, Felix Krause, a former Google employee said that Meta was exploiting the "in-app browser" to secretly enter a tracking code that would allow the platform to monitor all user interactions.
Users have based their accusations on Krause's argument. The practice, Krause explained, is called Javascript injection. It is usually considered an illegal attack.
“This provides data to Meta that it aggregates, analyses, and uses to boost its advertising revenue,” the claimant read, according to Arab News.
Responding to the allegations, Meta said that Facebook did track browser activity but did not collect any data unlawfully.
According to Meta, Apple's App Monitoring Transparency feature has cost the company a revenue of over $10 billion.
