iOS 14.5 is out now with new Face ID mask features and Apple’s App Tracking Transparency
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple has begun rolling out iOS and iPadOS 14.5. The latest software update includes the new App Tracking Transparency feature, which lets users decide whether to allow apps to track their activity across other companies' apps and websites" for advertising purposes. A pop-up will now appear whenever apps are designed to share your activity in this way. Facebook has heavily criticized Apple over App Tracking Transparency, claiming that it presents a false tradeoff between personalized ads and privacy." The new option could have a detrimental impact on Facebook's ad business.
Apple made a video to explain App Tracking Transparency:
Perhaps more important to day-to-day iPhone usage, iOS 14.5 also includes a very helpful and timely new...