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		sizzle on Dec 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tinder just permabanned me or the problem with big... Wow never heard of the embedded secret key on you iOS keychain after you uninstalled the app. Is this legal to fingerprint your AppleID like this?? Can you view your iOS keychain and wipe any fingerprinting bs apps leave behind or feed them poisoned data to dissociate your AppleID?

zionic on Dec 24, 2021 [–]

No, there’s no way for you to view it. Apps can spin up a new keychain that iCloud will sync and you can put arbitrary strings in there. The user has no idea.

I’ve used it myself to persist auth tokens.

sizzle on Dec 26, 2021 | [–]

That’s nuts thanks for the info, I hope this becomes a bigger topic of discussion on HN

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