From Sophos Naked Security:
Apple tweaks iOS 9 to stop advertisers getting our app data
There's a handy little application programming interface (API) in iOS called "canopenURL."
It's supposed to make it easier for apps to communicate.
But Apple said recently that app developers and advertisers like Twitter and Facebook are using it to snoop on what apps we've downloaded (better yet, which apps we've actually paid for), so that they can then target-pitch their own wares - be they games, camera apps, or whatever our download histories reveal we might go for.
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