TikTok Can Circumvent Apple and Google Privacy Protections (yahoo.com) 13 points by keleftheriou 4y ago ↗ HN
[–] charwalker 4y ago ↗ Would this be against ToS or app store guidelines? [–] keleftheriou 4y ago ↗ It’s hard to tell without knowing exactly what the app is doing, but it’s entirely possible.A lot of the guidelines are hard or impossible to police, and rely on developers following the “honor” system.For example, Apple's App Review does not – and cannot – know what really happens to your data once an app has access to it. [–] ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago ↗ If the iOS app is downloading code which it then executes, thus allowing the developers to push changes while bypassing App Review, it would absolutely be a violation of section 2.5.2 of the App Store guidelines [0].[0]: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#sof...
[–] keleftheriou 4y ago ↗ It’s hard to tell without knowing exactly what the app is doing, but it’s entirely possible.A lot of the guidelines are hard or impossible to police, and rely on developers following the “honor” system.For example, Apple's App Review does not – and cannot – know what really happens to your data once an app has access to it.
[–] ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago ↗ If the iOS app is downloading code which it then executes, thus allowing the developers to push changes while bypassing App Review, it would absolutely be a violation of section 2.5.2 of the App Store guidelines [0].[0]: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#sof...
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[ 94.4 ms ] story [ 44.0 ms ] threadA lot of the guidelines are hard or impossible to police, and rely on developers following the “honor” system.
For example, Apple's App Review does not – and cannot – know what really happens to your data once an app has access to it.
[0]: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#sof...