Security is now one of the number one concerns of all smart device manufacturers and users. This is when it’s right! Who would want their personal data to be sold in different countries by someone they do not know? Apple has made another move to increase the security measures it offers to its users. Accordingly, stricter security measures will now be applied to applications in the App Store. Here are the details…
Now companies in the App Store have to have better excuses to collect your data!
To protect user privacy, Apple has introduced some new rules governing the use of APIs in the App Store. With these new rules, the collection of data defined as user ID will be prevented. The user ID data we mentioned contains a lot of information, including you, your close circle and your family.
In this context, Apple wants a really valid reason to collect data from companies that offer content to users in the App Store with its new security rules. In other words, “doing user analysis, satisfaction analysis” etc. such discourses will not be sufficient for the recovery of user data. Requests for more logical and serious reasons will be accepted.
The aforementioned data was followed within the scope of APIs in the applications within the App Store. Many developers were collecting user data by tracking API for different reasons. However, after that, any application that does not provide a valid reason to Apple will not be able to track user data. Users are very happy that the data of iOS users will not be shared with any company, together with the “do not follow me” measure taken by Apple in this regard.
Apple actually brought the new security rules with iOS 16, which was released in September 2022. The API limitation also follows in the footsteps of other security and privacy features that came with iOS 16. In short, the security measures increased with iOS 16 will continue with iOS 17. If you remember, at the WWDC 2023 conference, Apple talked about its new rules about APIs.
So what do you think about the new Apple security rules? Do not forget to express your views in the comments section…
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