I don't want to blame Apple. I have iPhone and I really love it. I can contact with my friends so easily with apps like WhatsApp or Skype without paying crazy amount of money to telecom companies. I listen to radio podcast, video podcast, I can take nice photos and editing them with Instagram or camera+. Most of all, without iPhone, more specifically Anki, Audiobook and NPR podcast, I would never be able to speak English fluently and never be able to get a job out here in U.S.
But come on Apple, you're like a family-run business on privacy issues, you can do it better.
This is totally a design fail, design of words. What the consequence? That makes Apple a deceiver if not a liar, or just so unprofessional, of course being unprofessional can make you a liar. Apple, You claim you're the most innovative company in the world, you're the most valuable company in the world, you want to be different from Google that you're more aesthetic, more responsible, more coherent, provide better user experience.
Please.. I really don't want to hear this kind of news.
Apple Loophole Gives Developers Access to Photos
Okay.. No wonder why this happened.
Basically this article says
Apple Loophole Gives Developers Access to Photos
Okay.. No wonder why this happened.
Basically this article says
Your address book is not safe
Some apps for iOS were taking people’s address book information without their knowledge.
- But copying address book data is against Apple’s rules, and Apple is underway to fix this
Your Photos are also vulnerable
After a user allows iOS applications to have access to location information, the app can copy the user’s entire photo library, without any further notification or warning,
- photo copying, is not specifically forbidden under Apple’s rules, so Apple did not respond yet.
Some apps for iOS were taking people’s address book information without their knowledge.
- But copying address book data is against Apple’s rules, and Apple is underway to fix this
Your Photos are also vulnerable
After a user allows iOS applications to have access to location information, the app can copy the user’s entire photo library, without any further notification or warning,
- photo copying, is not specifically forbidden under Apple’s rules, so Apple did not respond yet.
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| The first time an application wants to use location data, for mapping or any other purpose, Apple’s devices ask the user for permission |
On Apple devices, full access to the photo library was first permitted in 2010 when Apple released the fourth version of iOS. The change was intended to make photo apps more efficient.
Once the data is off of the iOS device, Apple has virtually no ability to monitor or limit its use.
What developers is saying?
John Casasanta, owner of the successful iPhone app development studio Tap Tap Tap, which created the Camera+ app says,
“It’s very strange, because Apple is asking for location permission, but really what it is doing is accessing your entire photo library, The message the user is being presented with is very, very unclear.”
What developers is saying?
John Casasanta, owner of the successful iPhone app development studio Tap Tap Tap, which created the Camera+ app says,
“It’s very strange, because Apple is asking for location permission, but really what it is doing is accessing your entire photo library, The message the user is being presented with is very, very unclear.”
What we believed Apple was doing
It was assumed that Apple would ensure that apps that inappropriately exploited it did not make it into the App Store.
Why Apple is doing wrong?
Apple and app makers should be making sure people understand what they are consenting to. It is pretty obvious that they aren’t doing a good enough job of that.
It was assumed that Apple would ensure that apps that inappropriately exploited it did not make it into the App Store.
Why Apple is doing wrong?
Apple and app makers should be making sure people understand what they are consenting to. It is pretty obvious that they aren’t doing a good enough job of that.
Google declined to comment on how its Android operating system for mobile devices handles this issue. - means copying is possible without any kinds of permissions, see here.
This month, Apple allowed a fake 99-cent Pokémon app into the App Store. Even though it offered only a series of Pokémon images, it became one of the most popular paid apps before it was removed by Apple.
- this sounds too cute after reading about possible danger of being stolen photos or contact data.
