Posted on 01/18/2022 9:28:19 AM PST by Wish2Post
From social media platforms to email providers, tons of places on the web want to scoop up your private data. Don’t forget about online stores and personal services, either. Your details are major commodities to most businesses on the web - and most have little regard for your privacy.
Advertisers and marketers don't know who you are. But your behavior is tracked and assigned a unique identifier, called a Mobile Advertising ID (MAID). This tiny snippet of information contains where you live, what you shop for or what you recently searched online.
Until recently, there had been very little that you could do to block your MAID in marketing campaigns. Apple somewhat put a stop to this by allowing iOS users to choose who can target them. But for criminals, if they can match the ID with a person, they stand to profit greatly.
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Explains how to remove MAID from both Apple and Android devices.
100% certain it is not on my phone.
TECH PING!..................
I must be one of the cool kids, because I looked and it's already disabled on my iPhone.
It’s hidden under the rotary dial spring...............
Already did this a long time ago.
I followed the directions and found I had already disabled it. When my work provided me with the phone, one of the first things I did was to go through all of the settings and turn all those sorts of things off. Who knows what they see anyway?
Linky no worky on Vivaldi...does work on Safari.
The important part:
On your iOS device, do this:
Open Settings.
Tap Privacy.
Scroll all the way down and tap Apple Advertising.
To disable personalized ads, toggle the switch next to Personalized Ads to the left.
You can also tap on the View Ad Targeting Information to see what information Apple has on you.
Recently, Google added more options for Android users, too. Just follow these steps to opt out:
Tap Settings.
Navigate to Google.
Tap the Ads option and toggle the switch for Opt out of Ads Personalization. When Google implements the change, advertisers will see a string of zeros instead of your Advertising ID.
“It’s hidden under the rotary dial spring..........”
LOL!
checking
FYI - My android didn’t have a toggle button, but an option to Delete Advertising ID. So I did.
bfl
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I would guess those of us that used phones for making and getting calls, and the random text, do not have to be concerned.
This sounds like it is for those who’s life is wrapped around the damn things.
Thanks for posting this article.
Android. Button left or right?
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