As you may know, our personal data isn't all that private these days. It's a given that many tech companies hoard our data, but it's bad when they do it poorly. For instance, it was found that iOS 14 might have some bad data privacy practices.
According to GSMArena, iOS 14 continues to store and identify your data even after you delete an app. Reddit user u/blackmolecule reported this when he re-installed the 9Gag app and was automatically signed in, without any password prompt. The user speculates that apps are storing data on the local login keychain, which can store info about accounts and identify the users' device.
The issue here is that iOS will never delete the keychain, unless you do a full factory reset. Mind you, that doesn't necessarily mean anything insidious. The local keychain works as a good way to store sensitive data. However, there's also a chance that this "super browser cookie" could be used by app developers for tracking purposes.
There hasn't been any response from Apple about this, but we hope they will let users delete the data stored in the keychain when necessary. With that said, what are your thoughts about this issue? Let us know in the comments and stay tuned to TechNave for more news like this.
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