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iOS -YouTube app showing augmented ads now
(lemmy.world)
submitted
1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
by
TheWorldRolledMe@lemmy.world
to
c/privacy@lemmy.ml
I've not seen this before but it was strange.
An ad loaded at the end of a video, so I paused it. What caught my eye was the background was moving when I moved my phone, which turned out to be the room I was in. The ad was overlayed on whatever my camera was looking at, but the ad appeared stretched from a single point in the middle of the screen, which was even weirder.
Edit: The ad was using the rear camera, not the front facing one.
I've looked through my phones settings and there are no options to toggle YouTube's camera access either, so I feel like it's safe to say this is being forced on users (surprise /s).
Needless to say, that app is no longer on any of my devices :)
I'll take a look in the app again but wouldn't uninstalling it and downloading it again reset permissions?
I've reinstalled it but I don't see the button you mentioned, unless you were referring to the desktop/browser version? There are no settings about camera permissions in the app itself or in iOS settings
Thank you. I signed in and was able to see the button.
I denied permissions for both the camera and notifications but now I can see the options to toggle them under settings. I will use the app for awhile and see if issues come up again