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iOS 14’s best privacy feature is catching apps’ vast data grabs – Wired.co.uk
Apple’s operating system hasn’t been released to the public yet but its new permission notifications are shaming app devs into cleaning up their act
Every single iOS update, users gain more controls over what data app developers collect about them. The new iOS 14 is no different, except for one thing it hasnt even left beta and its privacy features are already causing havoc for major app developers.
Privacy notifications, which pop up whenever an app accesses the microphone, camera or clipboard, are responsible for many apps dubious data collecting behaviours being outed in the past few weeks.
Its just one privacy feature in a laundry li…
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