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by 2OEH8eoCRo0 1871 days ago
No. Apple provides a door (advertising ID) but there's also a window (fingerprinting). Right now both things exist. Apps already have the ability to fingerprint users with data they collect and that's not sneaky.

That's a strange argument though. Apple forks over an advertising ID so that any app can fingerprint you with a single system call yet you complain that more apps might in the future fingerprint you themselves.
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nodamage 1871 days ago
The difference is the advertising ID can be disabled or reset by the user, and Apple has started blocking apps that use fingerprinting SDKs during app review. (https://9to5mac.com/2021/04/01/app-store-now-rejecting-apps-...)

Without app review there would be no practical way for end users to avoid fingerprinting.

> That's a strange argument though.

Only if you don't consider consent. A user opting-in and enabling the advertising ID is very different from a bunch of apps using third-party SDKs to fingerprint their device without asking.

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