Uber app can secretly record your iPhone screen thanks to special ‘entitlement’

Re:Uber app can secretly record your iPhone screen thanks to... by Tepix on Friday October 06, 2017 @04:09AM (#15415165)

For the first time I tried to install the Uber app last weekend when I needed a taxi in a country where Uber is present.

I then found out that the Uber iOS app is larger than 150MB (!).

I couldn't come up with a reason why the App would need to be that ridiculously huge except for spying frameworks so I did not download it. There were taxis waiting less than 30m away anyway.

I'm glad I have not sold my soul to Uber ;-)

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Re:Uber app can secretly record your iPhone screen thanks to... by piva00 on Friday October 06, 2017 @04:45AM (#15415318)

Spying frameworks wouldn't be responsible for taking so much space, usually the largest files in mobile apps are the assets (sounds, videos, images, etc.) and not code, code is actually quite minimal.

So yup, your assumption is probably very wrong. And I'm not an Uber user (exactly for privacy and ethical reasons).

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Re:Uber app can secretly record your iPhone screen thanks to... by chrisper on Friday October 06, 2017 @05:38AM (#15415502)

Don't iOS apps also have all resources embedded regardless of the device? Like high res retina icons are in the app even though you are using an iPhone 4 or whatever. That would also explain the larger app size.

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Re:Uber app can secretly record your iPhone screen thanks to... by Sephiroth87 on Friday October 06, 2017 @05:50AM (#15415550)

Not since iOS9...

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