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What info can iOS apps access?
By Dave Winer on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 12:45 PM.
Can't get the tech press/bloggers to focus on the core issue in AddressBookGate, so let's do it ourselves. permalink
Which of the apps on my iPhone is transmitting everything I think is private and to whom are they transmitting it? permalink
I'm not an iOS developer so I can't answer this question myself.  permalink
But lots of iOS developers read this site, so could you help quantify the extent of the problem? permalink
Paul Robichaux just posted this. "The iOS address book is one of the few data stores that apps can easily access, along with the music library and the camera roll. Other data types, like the store of SMS messages, aren't accessible. The full list is available in the iOS developer documentation. " permalink
Very helpful. So it's reasonable to assume that our music and photos are out there, in addition to our contact info. permalink
Update: Other info any iOS app can access -- 1. Calendar (read/write) via the EventKit API and 2. Cellular carrier info via CTCarrier. permalink
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