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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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[–] 2 points 1 year ago

For your top 3 dot points, I still don't quite understand why they wouldn't already have that information if you're using the app and they're sending push notifications anyway.

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