iOS 14.5 is live and brings not only small fireworks loved by the majority of the iPhone community. The new update also introduces an important setting, a key part of Apple's new policy, called App Tracking Transparency, which has set many developers on fire, including Facebook.
App Tracking Transparency requires application developers to provide a complete list of all the permissions they need. Permissions refer to the user's consent to have their activity recorded on other sites or applications while their data is being collected. The most concrete example is the one with Facebook. The iOS 14.5 update displays absolutely all the data that you agreed to be collected by the social media application: location, camera, microphone, storage, and these are just a small part.
iOS 14.5 gives users transparency
According to statistics, in the United States, 96% of iPhone users chose to disable app tracking once they saw the requirements of the applications they were going to use. The calculation was made by Verizon Media, with its Flurry Analytics, integrated into over a billion mobile applications that we use. Flurry Analytics will continue to update data Monday through Friday around 10 AM PST. Statistics will include the number of users who refuse / accept permissions required by applications, but also the number of applications that are prohibited from collecting data (restricted).
Users also have the option to disable app tracking from the settings menu from the start. Also in Settings, they will be able to consult the complete list of permissions of each application. This is how iOS 14.5 managed to shake up many wasp nests, including Facebook, the social media giant attacking the new Apple policy a few months ago right in the New York Times.