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Apple’s iOS 13 privacy pop-ups to shine spotlight on creepy Facebook’s data grabs

Apple’s iOS 13, which will be generally released later this week, has already been spotted catching Facebook’s app trying to use Bluetooth to track nearby users.
Natasha Lomas for TechCrunch:Facebook piggybacking on people’s use of Bluetooth for benign purposes like pairing devices so that its ad business can ‘pair’ people is the sneaky modus operandi that iOS 13 has caught in the act here… mix in hot-blooded signals gathered by watching who actually mingles
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