Apple Is Tracking You Even When Tracking is Turned Off in Settings

Apple is all about Privacy, Security, and Safety - That's the common statement we frequently come across from Apple Fans.

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But the majority of Apple Fans and users don't even realize that company eats up a lot of personal data on a daily basis.

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Apple collects extremely personal information about you even when you've turned off the tracking from iPhone's privacy settings.

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That is very contradictory to Apple's own offering of privacy protection commitment..

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According to Apple, when you turn off the settings from the privacy, it will “disable the sharing of Device Analytics altogether.”

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Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry, two app developers and security researchers at the software company Mysk revealed this about Apple's security.

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They both analyzed data collected by a number of Apple iPhone apps—the App Store, Apple Music, Apple TV, Books, and Stocks

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Based on their research, the analytics control and other privacy settings had no obvious effect on Apple’s data collection

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The tracking remained the same whether iPhone Analytics was switched on or off

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It is important to see the Apple's official statement about this research.

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