iPhone Lets Users Auto-Deny App Tracking Requests With 1 Setting

4 articles · Updated · 9to5Mac · May 21

A single iOS privacy toggle can automatically reject every app tracking request, preventing the App Tracking Transparency pop-up from appearing at all.
In Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking, turning off “Allow Apps to Request to Track” makes iOS deny access on the user’s behalf and returns a denied state to developers.
Apple introduced ATT in iOS 14.5 to force apps to seek permission before accessing the IDFA used to track people across apps and websites.
That change hit ad-driven platforms hard—Meta was estimated to have lost $12.8 billion in 2022—while pushing apps toward device fingerprinting and more contextual advertising instead.

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