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How do I stop apps from reading my text messages? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by smooth-move-ferguson@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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As the title says, I'm noticing apps like Twitter are giving me ads based on information that only happened in the Messages app. I had a completely random discussion with a contact about caulking and then about an hour later I got an ad for caulk on Twitter. There's no way that's coincidence, it's such a specific topic. Is there anyway to shield the contents of my messages app from being shared with advertisers?

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[–] Nichigan90@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Apps aren’t reading your messages. What you think is a random discussion isn’t. People are way more predictable and patterned than they realize.

There’s no way for an app to read your messages, it’s not happening.