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Instagram is testing new iOS push notifications that include a profile photo. Each time the notification is shown on your screen, it triggers a GET request to fetch that image, letting Meta track every on-screen impression (mastodon.social)
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[–] 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Haha that's devilishsly clever and delightfully evil.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I would be fairly surprised if they actually did this for tracking purposes. This sounds like nonsense to me. They already have plenty of information about you and they literally sent the notification.

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