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App distribution can be totally different from API access to my device. No matter where i get the app from, when accessing certain APIs i would get notified abo
by vincnetas 6y ago
App distribution can be totally different from API access to my device. No matter where i get the app from, when accessing certain APIs i would get notified about that, or would have to explicitly enable that functionality in OS settings.
- Razengan 6y agoFor Apple to know about API access the app would still have to submitted to them in some manner.
- nicky0 6y agoThe idea was that the phone OS could detect the usage of those APIs and prompt the user wthout Apple having to be directly involved in the process.
- nautical 6y ago"that the phone OS could detect the usage of those APIs" This must be handled correctly as it can this also lead to privacy violation.
- darkwater 6y agoJust like on device image recognition which Apple is already doing.
- nicky0 6y agoThere is no reason it can't all be done on-device. That is indeed how the current "Enable camera access?" etc. system works.
- nautical 6y agoThis is not a question at all that this can be done or not ( There is no reason it can't all be done on-device. ) Question is will this be ethical .. I will not be comfortable using a device that logs every API an app on it is calling.
- mamon 6y agoAccess control is not the same as logging - the first time an application tries to access the API the OS checks permissions, asks user to approve/deny, and then stores the user's choice. No need to log the actual API calls at all, no permanent records needs to be created.
- nicky0 6y agoWhy would anything have to be logged? Apple phones already do this and have done for years. With no phoning home.