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Instagram is testing new iOS push notifications that include a profile photo. Each time the notification is shown on your screen, it triggers a GET request to fetch that image, letting Meta track ever (mastodon.social)
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[-] scytale@piefed.zip 4 points 11 months ago

I wonder if disabling the preview in the notification will stop it.

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