Daring Fireball★ Consider the Plight of the VC-Backed Privacy Burglars
https://daringfireball.net/2024/10/consider_the_plight_of_the_vc-backed_privacy_burglars
https://daringfireball.net/2024/10/consider_the_plight_of_the_vc-backed_privacy_burglars
Jimmy Callin@daringfireball It’s very unclear to me when Apple chooses to submit first-party apps to the same privacy rules as others, and when they choose to circumvent them. Why can iMessage ignore the contacts permission, while Apple Maps need to ask for location access?
Magnus Ahltorp@callin @daringfireball Because Apple can itself verify that iMessage doesn’t send the data off without explicit permission from the user. Also, do you actually know that iMessage has access to the contacts database, or if it’s a separate jailed framework?
And if you want to exclude Apple’s code from this privileged position, where do you draw the line? Does the Contacts app get access without asking? Does the Settings app? Do the frameworks? The kernel? The processor?
@ahltorp @daringfireball Ok but that wasn't my question
@callin “Why can iMessage ignore the contacts permission, while Apple Maps need to ask for location access?” wasn’t your question?
Well, that’s the one I answered, anyway, because that’s the one in the post I replied to.