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

Unfortunately most every network connected device you own does the same thing.

[–] wizardstrikes2@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

There is nothing you can do sadly. If I say something crazy like “Quirkatron Oddity” you will get mental health advertisements.

It is on all phones, computers, and even Alexa type devices

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

No it’s not.

[–] smooth-move-ferguson@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

It's so frustrating because they go through the effort of creating the Do Not Track feature and I am so diligent about selecting it for every app but apparently even Apple's own messages app is not safe. My messages should be off limits by default.

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

Third party apps don't have access to the Messages app data

[–] T0raT0raT0ra@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

there's no facility for an app in IOS to read messages so there's nothing to stop.

[–] 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.