Facebook and Instagram's In-App Browser Exploits Expose User Privacy Concerns
Facebook’s collection and sale of user data for advertising purposes took a huge hit when Apple introduced its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature, with Facebook projecting that it will lose out on $10 billion in revenue this year. However, it appears that Meta, Facebook’s parent company, may still have some behavior tracking tricks up its sleeve. New research shows that the Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger mobile apps inject a custom script through their in-app browsers. Some mobile apps open links in an in-app browser, rather than opening them in the user's default browser app....