Apple jams Facebook's web-tracking tools

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Apple jams Facebook's web-tracking tools

Apple will attempt to frustrate tools used by Facebook to automatically track web users, within the next version of its iOS and Mac operating systems.

Analysis

By Dave Lee, North America technology reporter

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Siri enhancements

  • Memojis, animated emojis that can be set to look like device owners, much like the AR emojis introduced on Samsung's Galaxy S9
  • Group Facetime, in which up to 32 people can take part in the same audio or video call
  • Shared experiences in augmented reality, whereby several devices can be used simultaneously to show graphics mixed with the real world from different points of view

Published June 5, 2018

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