Comment by sbarre
2 years ago
An app absolutely can track more data than a website. You don't have the website open/active on your phone at all times, but you have the app installed at all times, even when it's not running.
You do know that apps can record data in the background, right?
A website is also sandboxed by your browser in a much stricter manner than an app is on your phone, at least by default.
I don't have specific information on the Ticketmaster app here, but to say that an app is the same as website from a tracking perspective on a phone is absurd.
I'm an app dev. What can I record in the background? What can I track?
If you're an app dev you're more qualified than me to answer that question.
Perhaps you'd like to re-frame your comment or ask a different question?
My point is that you and the other guy are just making stuff up and spreading misinformation. At the API level, an app that doesn't have the user's explicit permission to get location, camera, run in the background, etc is not that different from a web app. My question was obviously rhetorical.
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