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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 ever (mastodon.social)

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[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Eh, of course they will.

If they can track it, they will track it, that is pretty much a guarantee, as data equals money. Mo data, no money.