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Short-Term Fix for iPhone Users Getting Re-Directed

Eric from BBI : Admin : 4/19/2014 7:53 am

Some preliminary feedback from ad network:

On iPhone there is a setting called Advertising tracking which allows Apps and the game developers to retarget ads to you if you allow them too.

A good way to avoid this is to turn this feature off.

Go to settings... General... About... and then Advertising to turn it off.

there

Eric from BBI : Admin : 4/19/2014 7:57 am : link

are a ton of web articles on this problem...
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/william-hill-app-store-iphone-3251577 - ( New Window )

Eric, FYI - There is no Advertising

gidiefor : Mod : 4/19/2014 8:11 am : link

in the About menu of my iPhone

On my iPjone, the option is listed as "Limit Ad Tracking"

Upstate_Giants_fan : 4/19/2014 8:14 am : link

it is set to off. Is that correct?

It's

bc0312 : 4/19/2014 8:15 am : link

Under settings-privacy on ios7

Under settings then privacy

JB in BB : 4/19/2014 8:16 am : link

Then scroll all the way to the bottom of the list.

I found this

Eric from BBI : Admin : 4/19/2014 8:18 am : link

too...
Prevent App Store Ads from opening inside of Cydia - ( New Window )

nope

spike : 4/19/2014 8:20 am : link

the instruction is not correct..

One

Eric from BBI : Admin : 4/19/2014 8:24 am : link

more on limiting ad tracking on iPhone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbKIYkHBc8E - ( New Window )

one poster

Eric from BBI : Admin : 4/19/2014 8:25 am : link

e-mailed me and said it is working for him. But please also check the two YouTube videos I posted too.

I found it in Privacy under Settings

gidiefor : Mod : 4/19/2014 8:26 am : link

there's a selection called Limit Ad Tracking - I would think you have to turn that function On?

bob in tx is right

gidiefor : Mod : 4/19/2014 8:29 am : link

Eric - your instructions are for IOS6

for IOS 7 you have to go into the Privacy Settings to find Advertising

you have to turn the Limit Ad Tracking feature on

Turn it on

Spock : 4/19/2014 8:50 am : link

To limit AD tracking.

let me

Eric from BBI : Admin : 4/19/2014 8:52 am : link

know if this works.

I put two tickets in ... one with Google, one with USA Today.

I haven't received in-depth responses from their tech teams yet...probably won't get a response until Monday.

The long term fix

phil fromphilly : 4/19/2014 9:06 am : link

Is to switch to Android or Windows phone ;)

Yep

Headhunter : 4/19/2014 9:21 am : link

it's in Privacy, thanks!

there is

M in CT : 4/19/2014 9:25 am : link

such functionality, but it does not prevent redirection to the App Store, sorry.

Eric from BBI : Admin : 4/19/2014 10:39 am : link

it didn't work for M in CT...has it worked for anyone?

Floating BMW ad ...

ij_reilly : 4/19/2014 10:51 am : link

I get a floating ad BMW which really messes up using BBI on my Android (Chrome) phone.

Just stopped

RIZZBIZZ : 4/19/2014 11:47 am : link

On its own on my iPhone .

It didn't work for me

bc0312 : 4/19/2014 12:35 pm : link

That setting is really to prevent releasing your information that gets used for targeted ads. It doesn't actually block the ads.

I've had "limit ad-tracking" turned on for months

You'reMyBoyBlue!! : 4/19/2014 1:05 pm : link

and I've still been getting re-directed

I caught the URL of the referring site

M in CT : 4/19/2014 1:22 pm : link

it's ads.glispa.com

I wasn't able to get a screen shot because it happened too fast, but that's the site that redirected me to the App Store just now.

I always have...

Chris in Philly : 4/19/2014 2:08 pm : link

Limit Ad Tracking on and I get redirected from the forum daily.

My experience has been the same as Chris

Jay in Saratoga : 4/19/2014 2:54 pm : link

I've always had this setting on and I constantly get redirected to the app center.

Hmmm

Eric from BBI : Admin : 4/19/2014 3:10 pm : link

that sucks. Let me see what the ad networks say. If you read the article, it says the industry has had problems with these.

Finally caught one

Berrylish : 4/19/2014 3:36 pm : link

I have had the appropriate settings for advertising all along. http://ads.glispa.com/sw/47092/CD30161/6m113zjid0w88k4

That's where it went. Can't catch the bubble jelly game link yet

How or what fix

G-Men43 : 4/19/2014 3:51 pm : link

Can be used on windows 8 cell phone to remedy this problem?

It's annoying enough that I'd

MikeinPrescott : 4/19/2014 5:49 pm : link

Gladly pay for a Corner Forum app. :)

There are 2

bc0312 : 4/19/2014 6:32 pm : link

redirecting sites...I caught screenshots of both and sent them to Eric yesterday

I already had the limit the ad tracking option on

spike : 4/19/2014 6:49 pm : link

for months and BBI just redirected me last night.