Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Apple is facing a federal lawsuit over allegations that it recorded users’ mobile activity without consent, despite privacy safeguards. The action was deemed a violation of the California Privacy Invasion Act.
In a lawsuit filed by New York citizen and iPhone 13 owner Elliot Libman, Apple is accused of providing a false guarantee that users can control what information they share when using their built-in iPhone apps, as cited by Macrumors, Wednesday (16/ 11 /2022)
Specifically, the class-action lawsuit states that Apple’s mobile device option to disable device analytics sharing and “Allow apps to ask to track” setting does not prevent Apple from continuing to collect data about to your browsing and activity for monetization purposes.
In support of its allegations, the complaint cites a recent report by Gizmodo covering the work of security researchers at software company Mysk. Earlier this month, researchers Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry said they found evidence that analytics controls and anti-tracking settings had no real effect on Apple’s data collection in the aforementioned apps.
For example, according to the researchers, the App Store app continuously collects a lot of real-time usage data, including user taps, apps searched for, ads, and how long the user has been viewing a particular app. Along with these details, Apple may also collect details typical of the device’s fingerprint method, including your ID number, device model, screen resolution, installed keyboard language, and Internet connection type.
“Turning off or disabling customization options does not reduce the amount of detailed analytics the app provides,” Mysk told Gizmodo.
“I have disabled all possible options, namely personalized advertising, personalized recommendations and sharing of usage data and analytics”.
Researchers made this discovery using a jailbroken iPhone running iOS 14.6. While the team found similar iPhone activity on non-jailbroken phones running iOS 16, the data was encrypted and therefore it was impossible to determine exactly what was in it.
“Through its ubiquitous and illegal data-gathering and tracking activity, Apple also knows the most intimate and potentially embarrassing aspects of a user’s use of the app, whether or not the user accepts Apple’s illusory offer to keep the business private,” the complaint reads.
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