Apple moves to block Facebook tracking

New operating systems include methods to
stop social media platform tracking users

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The company’s software chief Craig Federighi showed off the
new anti-tracking feature at its annual World Wide Developers
Conference conference in San Jose, California, last night.

“We’ve all seen these like buttons and share buttons and these
comment fields,” Federighi said. “Well it turns out these can
be used to track you, whether you click on them or not. We’re
shutting that down.” 

The new feature, which will be available in the next version of
Apple’s iOS and Mac operating systems, will prompt users to decide
whether they will allow Facebook to use cookies and other data
while browsing.

Apple’s move against Facebook “is likely to add to tensions
between the two companies”, says the BBC.