Re: Apple tells app developers to disclose or remove screen ...
by guelo on Thursday February 07, 2019 @05:34PM
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Yea Apple needs to clarify what is allowed and what is not. Keeping track of user clicks is pretty much industry standard.
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Re: Apple tells app developers to disclose or remove screen ...
by Pharmakon on Thursday February 07, 2019 @05:44PM
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I believe Apple just used their weight to declare that industry standard is, as we already know, anti-customer and anti-privacy. I suspect they’ve realized that beyond the iPhone and iPad, their biggest advantage is that they have history of respecting user privacy. Leaning into that when companies like Google literally can’t because spying on people is the core business model, is pretty smart.
Re: Apple tells app developers to disclose or remove screen ...
by glitchc on Thursday February 07, 2019 @05:49PM
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I’ve seen them in action, these frameworks do way more. They record touches, delays between touches, sensor info, key logs, including mistypes. Watching the playback of the collected data against the backdrop of the app is like watching a remote desktop session.
Re: Apple tells app developers to disclose or remove screen ...
by saagarjha on Thursday February 07, 2019 @05:57PM
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> Yea Apple needs to clarify what is allowed and what is not.
Apple explicitly does not do this, because they know that they'll draw a line and two months later someone will try to get through on a technicality.