Native Apps Should Be Avoided Whenever Possible — No One’s Happy

The browser is the security boundary. Websites operate within it. Native apps bypass it. Like I said last year: But there’s still one thing that native apps do better than the web. If you want to be able to monitor and track users to an invasive degree, the web can’t compete with the capabilities of native apps. That’s why you’ll see so many websites on your mobile device that implore to install their app from the app store. This piece goes into the details: Most native apps collect far more data than their website equivalents ever could. They request permissions to hardware, sensors, and background processes that browsers deliberately restrict. The third-party software embedded in these apps frequently transmits your location, device identifiers, and behavioral data to third parties before you even see a consent prompt. adactio.com/links/22566