RiSec.n0tst3 12 August 2022
Research shows how Instagram and Facebook’s use of an in-app browser within both its iOS apps can track interactions with external websites. Users of Apple’s Instagram and Facebook iOS apps are being warned that both use an in-app browser that allows parent company Meta to track ‘every single tap’ users make with external websites accessed via the software. Researcher Felix Krause, who outlined how Meta tracks users in a blog posted Wednesday, claims that this type of tracking puts users at “various risks”. He warns both iOS versions of the...