Facebook sponsored research paper lambasts Apple's iOS 14.5 privacy

An academic study backed by Facebook, calls Apple's iOS 14 App Tracking Transparency feature 'pernicious,' and claims it is using privacy as a guise for its anti-competitive measures.Facebook will have to convince users to disable App Tracking Transparency'Harming Competition and Consumers Under the Guise of Protecting Privacy,' is a new academic research paper funded by Facebook. Citing the social media company on 11 of its 22 pages, it takes the position that Apple's privacy features are 'devastating' and that, 'app developers, advertisers and the ads ecosystem lose.' Read more...