January 4, 2011 at 18:13Apple accused of transferring user information to third parties
Apple is accused of transferring user information to third parties to edit
. “Third parties” mean ad networks that, according to some experts, receive user data without the consent of the latter. A network security expert who discovered this fact has filed a lawsuit. The lawsuit claims that Apple devices, such as the iPhone and iPad, do allow third-party data transfer by certain applications.
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 the gadget to be identified, plus to track what the user is doing on the Web - for example, what programs and what resource the user downloads from. There are several authors of the lawsuit, but it was signed by Jonathan Lalo, who lives in Los Angeles.
The lawsuit also says that some applications allow you to determine user data such as his age, gender, income level, even political views. It is strange, of course, that for all the years of the existence of the same iPhone, no one has ever found anything suspicious in its work, but the fact remains that the trial will really take place. Moreover, an individual lawsuit can transform into a class action.
The claimant believes that iPhone and iPad can transmit data such as Unique Device Identifier or UDID, which the device does not block.
It is worth recalling that the Apple leadership has argued many times that no applications from the App Store transmit any data, either directly or in the background. In addition, all applications that are hosted on the App Store must be tested for undocumented features.
. “Third parties” mean ad networks that, according to some experts, receive user data without the consent of the latter. A network security expert who discovered this fact has filed a lawsuit. The lawsuit claims that Apple devices, such as the iPhone and iPad, do allow third-party data transfer by certain applications.
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 the gadget to be identified, plus to track what the user is doing on the Web - for example, what programs and what resource the user downloads from. There are several authors of the lawsuit, but it was signed by Jonathan Lalo, who lives in Los Angeles.
The lawsuit also says that some applications allow you to determine user data such as his age, gender, income level, even political views. It is strange, of course, that for all the years of the existence of the same iPhone, no one has ever found anything suspicious in its work, but the fact remains that the trial will really take place. Moreover, an individual lawsuit can transform into a class action.
The claimant believes that iPhone and iPad can transmit data such as Unique Device Identifier or UDID, which the device does not block.
It is worth recalling that the Apple leadership has argued many times that no applications from the App Store transmit any data, either directly or in the background. In addition, all applications that are hosted on the App Store must be tested for undocumented features.