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The key phrases here are "recording every tap and swipe" and "on their iPhone apps". I'm not saying it is okay, but the sensationalist headline takes away from the real issue.
https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2017/11/15/no-boundaries-exfil...
This is quite different than the sensational headline. update: fixed wording
"Record the screen" could be more precise. I assumed the article was saying apps were literally recording a video of the screen, complete with alert popups etc (like the Screen Recorder app). I realize there isn't functionally much difference within an app. But unless I'm reading it incorrectly, it's not recording the screen it's just the UI of the app. That's not nothing, but I always assumed (sadly?) that a lot of…
> Many major companies, like Air Canada, Hollister and Expedia, are recording every tap and swipe you make on their iPhone apps. In most cases you won’t even realize it. And they don’t need to ask for permission. The key phrases here are "recording every tap and swipe" and "on their iPhone apps". I'm not saying it is okay, but the sensationalist headline takes away from the real issue.
Users are very bad at describing what they did when an app crashed. Recording application state and logging it is a wonderful aid to debugging. I did this routinely when deploying in-house applications.
"Record the screen" could be more precise. I assumed the article was saying apps were literally recording a video of the screen, complete with alert popups etc (like the Screen Recorder app). I realize there isn't functionally much difference within an app. But unless I'm reading it incorrectly, it's not recording the screen it's just the UI of the app. That's not nothing, but I always assumed (sadly?) that a lot of…
Yeah. An equally hysterical article could be written about web servers recording your IP address and what page you visited. Maybe this is a bit much, but developers do need some data as to how their app is performing in the real world. You might have some metrics that says 0% of visitors to your order checkout page on FooPhone 1.0 are completing orders successfully. With a screenshot, you can immediately see that tha…
As a user, I don't care at all if it makes dev's life easier. I bought the app and don't want my personal info to be leaked.
Why does this article specifically single out iPhones? This happens on all platforms, even web apps.