To test Apple’s newest privacy protections, we watched the data flow out of 10 popular apps. Some appeared to be “fingerprinting” phones, a more invasive form of tracking.
No “Please do not” feature will ever work. Make sure something cannot be done, then bolt on an additional “well, here is a bone” opt-in feature (incl. the option to send fake data), if you really need to. Everything else is hoping, quite unreasonably, the “threat” of a lawsuit is sufficient to stop companies from violating your expressed preference. Hint: If they gave a damn they’d not do that shit in the first place.
No “Please do not” feature will ever work. Make sure something cannot be done, then bolt on an additional “well, here is a bone” opt-in feature (incl. the option to send fake data), if you really need to. Everything else is hoping, quite unreasonably, the “threat” of a lawsuit is sufficient to stop companies from violating your expressed preference. Hint: If they gave a damn they’d not do that shit in the first place.