In iOS 6, there was the possibility of blocking targeted advertising

new iPhoneAccording to statistics, on sale now more active than any of its predecessor. This demand is not surprising, the machine is really good., Plus supplemented with iOS 6, including about 200 new features. Among them - the ability to disable the collection of advertising statistics.

It is known that advertisers can be considered with the iPhone information on users' actions, and then fill them targeted advertisements. Now the actions of the owner of the device is able to partially block the settings himself.

All iPhone default lock function is disabled. To activate it, you need to enter the "Settings", go to "General» (General), and then - in the Information tab (About), find it "advertising» (Advertising), and select "Restrict advertising statistics collection» (Limit Ad Tracking).

Once the feature is enabled, the advertisers will no longer receive information about user activity with this smartphone. However, it should take into account that Apple has not yet requires developers and advertisers in the strict order to use the new algorithm advertising data collection, which does not employ a unique UDID iPhone. Consequently, many applications still requesting UDID identification number that will continue to deliver targeted advertising iOS-device owners.

[via BGR]