It sounds more from the article that Appsflyer did the monitoring. Apps integrated it for telemetry for their own usage, and as usual, such information is for sale. They then sold data sets to...
It sounds more from the article that Appsflyer did the monitoring. Apps integrated it for telemetry for their own usage, and as usual, such information is for sale. They then sold data sets to TikTok, who used it for ad targeting.
Facebook and Google also push analytics suites and advertising targeting products that apps use, and they harvest the information from them in aggregate and use them in the same way.
This isn't unusual. It's terrible that we don't have privacy laws with suitable teeth, but this is such a commonplace behavior that pasting the "TikTok did a thing, rarr outrage noises" nonsense over it elicits an eye roll.
I cannot believe that privacy laws are as abysmal as they are. Frankly, one possible advantage from America decoupling itself from the world is that policy regimes, law and most of all,...
I cannot believe that privacy laws are as abysmal as they are. Frankly, one possible advantage from America decoupling itself from the world is that policy regimes, law and most of all, alternative options are likely to take shape.
It sounds more from the article that Appsflyer did the monitoring. Apps integrated it for telemetry for their own usage, and as usual, such information is for sale. They then sold data sets to TikTok, who used it for ad targeting.
Facebook and Google also push analytics suites and advertising targeting products that apps use, and they harvest the information from them in aggregate and use them in the same way.
This isn't unusual. It's terrible that we don't have privacy laws with suitable teeth, but this is such a commonplace behavior that pasting the "TikTok did a thing, rarr outrage noises" nonsense over it elicits an eye roll.
I cannot believe that privacy laws are as abysmal as they are. Frankly, one possible advantage from America decoupling itself from the world is that policy regimes, law and most of all, alternative options are likely to take shape.