XPost: comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
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   From: arlen@arlen.com   
      
   Facts.   
      
   Yet more proof Apple doesn't test software sufficiently (this time not only   
   from Facebook but also from Expedia, Hollister and Hotels.com) in the App   
   Store.   
      
   HINT: I realize it's obvious - and has been for years - that Apple never   
   tests App Store apps sufficiently - but the Apologists _need_ facts.   
      
   Facts:   
   o Apple tells app developers to disclose or remove screen recording code   
       
        "Apple is telling app developers to remove or properly disclose   
          their use of analytics code that allows them to record how a user   
         interacts with their iPhone apps ¡X or face removal from the   
         app store"   
      
   It appears that Apple, yet again, doesn't give a shit ... until ... the   
   shit hits the fan (sigh.... this is so common that to deny it is something   
   only a true Apologist can even think of doing".   
      
   Apple never finds these bugs ... outsiders in the real world find them.   
      
   Apple's email ... "follows an investigation by TechCrunch that   
        revealed major companies, like Expedia, Hollister and Hotels.com,   
        were using a third-party analytics tool to record every tap and   
        swipe inside the app. We found that none of the apps we tested   
        asked the user for permission, and none of the companies said   
        in their privacy policies that they were recording a user¡¦s app   
        activity."   
      
   Yet again, Apple reacts _only_ after the shit hits the fan publicly...   
        "It¡¦s the latest privacy debacle that has forced Apple to wade   
         in to protect its customers after apps were caught misbehaving."   
      
   It's clear Apple never tested this App Store software sufficiently:   
       "Last week, TechCrunch reported that Apple banned Facebook's   
        research app that the social media giant paid teenagers to collect   
        all of their data."   
      
        "It followed another investigation by TechCrunch that revealed   
        Facebook misused its Apple-issued enterprise developer   
        certificate to build and provide apps for consumers outside   
        Apple¡¦s App Store"   
      
   See also:   
   o Apple threatens to remove iPhone apps caught recording user activity without   
   consent   
       
      
   Facts.   
   o The biggest weakness of the Apple Apologists ... are facts.   
      
   Logic.   
   o The second biggest weakness of the Apple Apologists ... is logic.   
      
   Fact:   
   o Apple clearly doesn't tests sufficiently in the real world.   
   Logic:   
   o The proof is in the taste of the pudding (these aren't found by Apple)   
   o And yet, they're trivially easy to find.   
      
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