{"id":3073,"date":"2011-01-05T14:17:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T20:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=3073"},"modified":"2011-01-05T14:17:39","modified_gmt":"2011-01-05T20:17:39","slug":"opt-out-of-targeted-advertising-on-your-iphoneipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=3073","title":{"rendered":"Opt out of “targeted” advertising on your iPhone\/iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you noticed some of the ads on your iPhone are for things you are marginally interested in? That’s because the iPhone iAd system is passively targeting<\/a> your “Demographic(s), Application preferences, Music passions, Movie, TV and audiobook genre interests, Location, Device (iPhone, iPod touch) and Network (WiFi, 3G)”<\/p>\n

So Apple sees me when I’m reading? They know when I’m awake? They know… waitaminute, that’s Santa’s gig!<\/p>\n

Fortunately, there is<\/em><\/strong> a way to opt out of targeted advertising on the iPhone.<\/p>\n

While you are on your iPhone, go to…<\/p>\n

http:\/\/oo.apple.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Once you visit that site, the message “You have successfully opted out<\/a>” will appear and you will be automatically opted out of interest-based ads”.<\/p>\n

You will have to do this on every device you have, though. (It’s not account based, but hardware based.)<\/p>\n

You will still see ads on the apps that push them, but they will only be “generic” ads and not anything based on what they know about you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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