From a230b1feaa3ef54f87d99634b9c4228774d912f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Micay Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 16:45:41 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] update advertising ID information and fix typo --- static/faq.html | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/static/faq.html b/static/faq.html index 0f32291c..60875b39 100644 --- a/static/faq.html +++ b/static/faq.html @@ -576,8 +576,9 @@ collisions, although a device messing with apps could set it to the same value used in another profile. The advertising ID is exposed via the Settings app and can be reset to a new random value, unlike ANDROID_ID which remains the same for the - lifetime of the profile, but apps can tie it the previous ID since they can detect - that it changed via their own ID in their app data.

+ lifetime of the profile, but apps can tie it to the previous ID since they can detect + that it changed via their own ID in their app data. The advertising ID can + also now be disabled (zeroed).

Apps do not have access to user data by default and cannot ever access the data of other apps without those apps going out of the way to share it with them. If apps are