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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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[–] 41 points 1 year ago (1 child)

So it's another way of using a "tracking pixel" like has been done before?

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