Security News > 2020 > August > Facebook Hits Back At Apple’s iOS 14 Privacy Update

Facebook is lambasting an upcoming Apple mobile operating system privacy update, which requires application to ask users for permission before collecting and sharing their data.

In the iOS 14 update, Apple iPhone and iPad users have an explicit option to opt out of allowing apps to collect data using the Apple device identifier.

"Ultimately, despite our best efforts, Apple's updates may render Audience Network so ineffective on iOS 14 that it may not make sense to offer it on iOS 14," said Facebook in a Wednesday post.

Facebook - which has had its fair share of privacy troubles relating to data collection and advertising - on Wednesday said it would not collect the IDFA on its own apps on iOS 14 devices.

Chris Hazelton, director of security solutions at Lookout, told Threatpost that the privacy changes in iOS 14 are part of an "Unstoppable trend" to increase the protection of user privacy.

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