I installed 14.5. Now what. How do I use it to stop Facebook from tracking me?

I too was pretty excited about this ability to increase privacy about my personal information. I quit FB for example after the infamous Cambridge Analytica episode where FB allowed a private company to harvest all kinds of PERSONAL data about millions of users for nefarious purposes.

Now, is Apple saying that if I don’t toggle ON (make the switch green) the “Allow Apps to Request to Track” that it stops the tracking of Advertising Identifiers OR does just leaving it off do that function?

Which is it?

From a guy who has been w/ Apple since 1984

This function does not stop what FB does to track you on FB. It prevents FB from learning what other apps you are using and what you are doing on those other apps. But FB itself is still just as intrusive as it always was. Which is why I have never had a FB account and have no plans to. But I also have learned that FB creates a “ghost” account for tracking anyone who is ever mentioned in any FB post.

OK, I’ve told Facebook not to track across apps, I checked the switches, and they are all set off, but Facebook is still obviously tracking my Safari and/or Amazon. I was searching about a product yesterday and an ad for that product showed up on Facebook today. A fairly unusual product, so I know it was done by watching my activities on other apps.

Yes, Facebook has other means of tracking you; the settings only prevent apps from using your phone’s advertising identifier to track you. But there are many other ways that don’t involve your iPhone. For example, when you look at a product the site that hosts the product can identify you from your IP address as a minimum, and your user name if you log in to the site. The only way to stop Facebook from tracking you is to delete your Facebook account. Which is why I don’t have a Facebook account, and never have had one. But even without an account Facebook knows who I am and maintains a “shadow” account in my name, based on the fact that other Facebook users have mentioned me. Facebook is pure evil. Think of Faust, who sold his soul to satisfy his cravings. Using Facebook is selling your soul for whatever perceived benefits you get from it.

Go to Settings/Privacy/Tracking and turn off Allow Apps to Request to Track.

You won’t see it in individual apps until they are updated. Until then they are not allowed to track.

Try going to settings and key privacy and find tracking find Facebook or whatever app you want to ask not to track and toggle off it.