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The Mobile Privacy Wars: Apple vs. Facebook

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If you’ve been paying any attention to news out of Facebook or Apple lately, it’s very possible you’ve heard about the major privacy change Apple has instilled into all devices running iOS 14.5, the latest mobile update for all phones and tablets. (As of this writing, Apple had released iOS

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