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Does anybody trust these privacy labels? What keeps companies from submitting some labels and be done with it? While still track everything for whatever purpose
by ArtTimeInvestor 6y ago
Does anybody trust these privacy labels? What keeps companies from submitting some labels and be done with it? While still track everything for whatever purpose they like? Nobody can check what they are doing on their servers.
- spenvo 6y agoCompanies hoping to avoid the shame of answering the questions truthfully have allegedly misled users about their collection practices, according to the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/29/apple-privacy-nutrition-label/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/29/apple-p...
- coddle-hark 6y agoBut you can check what your device is sending to their servers. Intentionally lying about data collection seems like an easy way to get kicked off the App Store entirely.
- ArtTimeInvestor 6y agoAll traffic is encrypted these days. So you cannot check it. Also the labels are not so much about what data is sent but about what the companies do with the data. Example: Do they just use your position once to show you relevant search results, or do they create a location history of you? Do they sell that history? Do they combine it with other data about you? There is no way to know.
- coddle-hark 6y ago> All traffic is encrypted these days. So you cannot check it. Of course you can, just configure your phone to use a MITM proxy (e.g. burp). This won’t work for apps that use certificate pinning but most apps don’t. Of course, you still don’t know what data they really store and/or sell.
- welder 6y agoWhen looking at my app's settings, it's using the honor system for these labels. Apple is giving companies a way to display privacy info on their app's page, but the labels aren't verified. Think of it the same as the app's description field.
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