Mon Nov 28, 2022 – 2:34 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — Tech giant Apple’s assurances that it cannot personally identify users from iPhone App Store data are “inaccurate,” according to iOS app developers and security researchers Mysk, Inc.
Mysk revealed its findings in a November 20 Twitter thread, concerning a “Directory Services Identifier” within Apple’s analytics data, through which the company can personally identify individual iCloud accounts, and by extension the name, email address, and data associated with it.
This, they say, contradicts Apple’s claim “in their Device Analytics & Privacy statement that the collected data does not identify you personally.” In fact, identifying data is collected regardless of whether a user consciously revokes permission to share analytics. This information exposes to Apple users’ “detailed behvior [sic] when browsing apps on the App Store,” enabling the company to glean insight into a user’s habits, interests, views, and more.
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Apple states in their Device Analytics & Privacy statement that the collected data does not identify you personally. This is inaccurate. We also showed earlier that the #AppStore keeps sending detailed analytics to Apple even when sharing analytics is switched off. pic.twitter.com/2mJiHtM1GD
— Mysk 🇨🇦🇩🇪 (@mysk_co) November 21,
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