Is apple Safari browser works for tracking?

Chirag R. Saturday, January 25, 2020

Technology company Apple is known for privacy and security, while Google's mobile operating system Android's security and privacy are often questioned. At the same time, surrounded by Apple, Google has found a big flaw in Apple's Safari browser. Google has claimed that the anti-tracking feature of the Safari browser actually works for tracking.

The Anti-tracking feature was working as a tracking

Google's Security Engineers have revealed in a report that there is a loophole (error) in the Safari browser that is causing the privacy of users at risk. By taking advantage of this, hackers can get the personal information of users from the Safari browser and misuse it. By taking advantage of this loophole of the Safari browser, hackers could see the browsing history of the users, and websites could track the behavior of users, although Apple has now fixed this bug.

There was a bug in Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP)

Google's report said that there was a bug in the Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) of the Safari browser that was working in the opposite direction. As an example, the Intelligent Tracking Prevention feature has been given to protect users from being tracked while it was helping to track. Usually, when you visit a website you are asked to allow cookies, but this is not the case with Safari. Safari does not allow cookies to be found on any website, but due to this bug, websites started getting cookies.

Questions have been raised earlier on the privacy of Safari

However, this is not the first time the privacy of the Safari browser has been questioned. Earlier last year, there was a feature in the Safari browser called Two Not Track which was later removed by Apple. By taking advantage of this feature, websites were tracking people easily.

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