Apple's privacy claims misleading or flat-out inaccurate

Stefan Mileschin · 9th February 2021, 08:23

Washington Post shocked

Normally onside with Apple, the Washington Post has been shocked to discover that Apple's privacy claims for its Apple store appear to be a tad over optimistic.

For those who came in late, Jobs' Mob promises that privacy is its "core responsibility" and it does not want data harvesters in its App store. In fact it has even gone to war with some of the bigger App makers over this issue.

However the Washington Post spot-checked what a couple dozen apps claim about privacy in the App Store, I found more than a dozen that were either misleading or flat-out inaccurate...

Apple's big privacy product is built on a shaky foundation: the honour system. In tiny print on the detail page of each app label, Apple says, "This information has not been verified by Apple". The first time I read that, I did a double take. Apple, which says caring for our privacy is a "core responsibility," surely knows devil-may-care data harvesters can't be counted on to act honourably.

https://fudzilla.com/news/52328-appl...out-inaccurate

9th February 2021, 08:23	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,802	Apple's privacy claims misleading or flat-out inaccurate Washington Post shocked Normally onside with Apple, the Washington Post has been shocked to discover that Apple's privacy claims for its Apple store appear to be a tad over optimistic. For those who came in late, Jobs' Mob promises that privacy is its "core responsibility" and it does not want data harvesters in its App store. In fact it has even gone to war with some of the bigger App makers over this issue. However the Washington Post spot-checked what a couple dozen apps claim about privacy in the App Store, I found more than a dozen that were either misleading or flat-out inaccurate... Apple's big privacy product is built on a shaky foundation: the honour system. In tiny print on the detail page of each app label, Apple says, "This information has not been verified by Apple". The first time I read that, I did a double take. Apple, which says caring for our privacy is a "core responsibility," surely knows devil-may-care data harvesters can't be counted on to act honourably. https://fudzilla.com/news/52328-appl...out-inaccurate

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