Apple has the obligation to provide details of the developers and what data they collect and send out on App Store. Many apps collect info from the iPhone’s during installation, even before you start running them. App Store should provide blacklisting function so users can hide them, block them from getting them by themselves and their families.
Not sure why anyone is surprised, everyone who uses facebook signed away their privacy when got free use of Facebook products.
The bigger question what these apps got in exchange for sending the data? Remember follow the money, these companies probably go paid by Facebook for this data, so once again you use the app for free and people did not think they were paying for it some other way. Yeah I know people are not too bright these days.
I'm waiting for the lawsuits for people like me who do not use facebook and Facebook collected our private information without our permission. When that comes I will be all in.
Many apps collect info from the iPhone’s during installation, even before you start running them.
Really?! During installation? Can you provide some examples of apps on iOS that are gathering and sending information without our consent during the installation process? What types of data are being sent during installation?
I see Apple said "...we quickly investigate and, if necessary, take immediate action"
That's great and I appreciate Apple can't always detect what unscrupulous data thieves (like Facebook) do to get personal data from people. But Apple really need to come down hard on Facebook & Google - not directly and publicly like they did to Flash but by closely examining how Fb steal this data and cutting off access, bit by bit before the WSJ or other bodies find it.
Surely if the WSJ can think of and find this activity, Apple with its thousands of engineers & tech heritage can do better.
They can’t , just imagine if you couldn’t use Facebook on a iPhone or google , they would be out of business overnight lol
Not sure why anyone is surprised, everyone who uses facebook signed away their privacy when got free use of Facebook products.
The bigger question what these apps got in exchange for sending the data? Remember follow the money, these companies probably go paid by Facebook for this data, so once again you use the app for free and people did not think they were paying for it some other way. Yeah I know people are not too bright these days.
I'm waiting for the lawsuits for people like me who do not use facebook and Facebook collected our private information without our permission. When that comes I will be all in.
What are the development tools the developers of these apps using? Facebook provides React Native to developers to build iOS and Android apps. Facebook may also provide other tools.
[...] Apple advised to the report it requires apps to acquire "prior user consent" in order to collect data
Sounds good, but that doesn't really offer much in the way of protection. The developer simply includes some line, written in Legalese, buried in the middle of a paragraph, in it's Terms and Conditions that says you grant them permission to install a camera in your bathroom. As soon as we click "accept" the developer has satisfied Apple's consent requirement.
Lol whats funny is how many times apples online service has been hacked. Brings question into how secure their public web server is
Whaat? Apple’s record of protecting user data if far better than that of their competitors. iCloud services have never been hacked. I don’t know where you are getting your information from.
All the iCloud account break-in’s were made possible by celebrities who used easily guessable passwords, not due to any failure in iCloud security. The hackers were able to access only the celeb’s information, and not that of other iCloud users.
When Apple tests apps submitted for the App Store, why don't THEY test the apps to see if they violate policy and user's security?
But we also need new laws. No app should ever send any data anywhere without express permission and no app should be permitted to track other apps or look into any cookies except their own.
Unfortunately, in both parties in Congress, we have a bunch of old men who don't understand anything about technology or security and they certainly don't understand that future wars will be fought online (it's already happening) and not with bombs and bullets.
Lol whats funny is how many times apples online service has been hacked. Brings question into how secure their public web server is
Using your enterprise dev cert isn't a hack, you are just misusing your developer's license. The 11 companies doing this (plus Facebook) can be stricken from the Obelisk. It is coming before the end of 2019.....
zoetmb said: [...] no app should be permitted to track other apps or look into any cookies except their own.
Apple tends toward that approach, and the result is that I can't access certain streaming services without compromising my security/privacy.
At least two services we considered use third-party authentication systems. That means using the service requires allowing third-party cookies. Fortunately Safari allows me to override the restriction. Unfortunately it makes that an all-or-nothing proposition. If I allow third-party cookies for TSN, I allow them for EVERY web site I visit. I can't choose to allow it for specific web sites but not others.
The point is there may be legitimate uses for functions some developers abuse, so disabling them may not always be desirable.
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The bigger question what these apps got in exchange for sending the data? Remember follow the money, these companies probably go paid by Facebook for this data, so once again you use the app for free and people did not think they were paying for it some other way. Yeah I know people are not too bright these days.
I'm waiting for the lawsuits for people like me who do not use facebook and Facebook collected our private information without our permission. When that comes I will be all in.
Thanks!
https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/19/facebooks-tracking-of-non-users-ruled-illegal-again/
All the iCloud account break-in’s were made possible by celebrities who used easily guessable passwords, not due to any failure in iCloud security. The hackers were able to access only the celeb’s information, and not that of other iCloud users.
But we also need new laws. No app should ever send any data anywhere without express permission and no app should be permitted to track other apps or look into any cookies except their own.
Unfortunately, in both parties in Congress, we have a bunch of old men who don't understand anything about technology or security and they certainly don't understand that future wars will be fought online (it's already happening) and not with bombs and bullets.
You mean like Flash?, Apple doesn't need them, let people type in access to Facebook or Google thru the browser (no apps from them on the app store).
Using your enterprise dev cert isn't a hack, you are just misusing your developer's license. The 11 companies doing this (plus Facebook) can be stricken from the Obelisk.
It is coming before the end of 2019.....
At least two services we considered use third-party authentication systems. That means using the service requires allowing third-party cookies. Fortunately Safari allows me to override the restriction. Unfortunately it makes that an all-or-nothing proposition. If I allow third-party cookies for TSN, I allow them for EVERY web site I visit. I can't choose to allow it for specific web sites but not others.
The point is there may be legitimate uses for functions some developers abuse, so disabling them may not always be desirable.
Next, I'll send it to every App on my iPhone/iPad.
P.S. I'd really recommend everyone read the article in Saturday's WSJ!
P.S.S. Just turn off in Settings, "Share Analytics with Apple and iCloud services." Already had, "Share Analytics with App developers" turned off!