Apple accused of passing user information to third parties
Apple accused of passing user information to third parties
By “third parties” is meant advertising networks that, according to some experts, receive data about users without the consent of the latter. An expert on network security, who discovered this fact, filed a lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that Apple devices, such as the iPhone and iPad, do allow some applications to transfer data to third parties.
The lawsuit was filed on December 23, in the federal court of California, USA. The plaintiff claims that in both mobile devices there is software that can transmit information that allows you to identify the gadget itself, plus track what the user is doing on the web - for example, which programs and which resource the user downloads. There are several authors of the lawsuit, however, it was signed by Jonathan Lalo, who lives in Los Angeles.
The lawsuit also states that some applications allow you to determine such user data as his age, gender, income level, even political views. It is strange, of course, that for all the years of existence of the same iPhone, no one has ever found anything suspicious in his work, but the fact remains that the trial will indeed take place. Moreover, an individual action can be transformed into a collective one.
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The author of the lawsuit believes that the iPhone and iPad can transmit data such as the Unique Device Identifier or UDID, which is not blocked by the device.
It is worth recalling that Apple’s leadership has stated many times that no applications from the App Store transmit any data, either directly or in the background. In addition, all applications that are placed in the App Store should be tested for undocumented features.
By “third parties” is meant advertising networks that, according to some experts, receive data about users without the consent of the latter. An expert on network security, who discovered this fact, filed a lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that Apple devices, such as the iPhone and iPad, do allow some applications to transfer data to third parties.
The lawsuit was filed on December 23, in the federal court of California, USA. The plaintiff claims that in both mobile devices there is software that can transmit information that allows you to identify the gadget itself, plus track what the user is doing on the web - for example, which programs and which resource the user downloads. There are several authors of the lawsuit, however, it was signed by Jonathan Lalo, who lives in Los Angeles.
The lawsuit also states that some applications allow you to determine such user data as his age, gender, income level, even political views. It is strange, of course, that for all the years of existence of the same iPhone, no one has ever found anything suspicious in his work, but the fact remains that the trial will indeed take place. Moreover, an individual action can be transformed into a collective one.
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The author of the lawsuit believes that the iPhone and iPad can transmit data such as the Unique Device Identifier or UDID, which is not blocked by the device.
It is worth recalling that Apple’s leadership has stated many times that no applications from the App Store transmit any data, either directly or in the background. In addition, all applications that are placed in the App Store should be tested for undocumented features.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/111147/
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