iOS Privacy: Easily get a user's Apple ID password, just by asking

Re:iOS Privacy: Easily get a user's Apple ID password, just ... by UnoriginalGuy on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @10:11AM (#15441887)

It is free in cost, not in terms of your privacy.

For example let's say you handed your phone to your kid, they downloaded a free app, gave that app your entire contact list, and then that app spammed everyone you know? For the sake of example let's call that app LinkedIn.

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Re:iOS Privacy: Easily get a user's Apple ID password, just ... by jsjohnst on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @10:27AM (#15442026)

> For the sake of example let's call that app LinkedIn.

It’s bad that LinkedIn has such a reputation that I automatically assume they likely did just as you alluded that they might’ve done.

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Re:iOS Privacy: Easily get a user's Apple ID password, just ... by ballenf on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @10:37AM (#15442128)

http://addconnectionssettlement.com

They were pioneers in the field!

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Re:iOS Privacy: Easily get a user's Apple ID password, just ... by mikeash on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @03:20PM (#15444575)

Let's say you already had LinkedIn installed without contact permissions, and your kid flipped that switch and spammed everyone you knew?

Maybe Apple should require authentication to grant those permissions.... Of course, then we're back to the problem of password fatigue.

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Re:iOS Privacy: Easily get a user's Apple ID password, just ... by e12e on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @12:36PM (#15443153)

That, or logged your gps location to a Web service? Maybe along with wlan ssids and Mac addresses?

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