Apple’s latest security update aims to protect users from URL trackers and keep their private browsing hidden.
for its platforms, including automatically removing query parameters from links shared in Mail and Messages that are often added to URLs to track browsing activity.
“Some websites add extra information to their URLs in order to track users across other websites,” Apple said in a blog post. Browsers like Firefox, Brave, and Arc have offered a form of query parameter stripping for some time now. “Private Browsing now locks when not in use, allowing a user to keep tabs open even when stepping away from the device,” Apple said.
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