Is Apple the Real Winner of Facebook Data Scandal? Devs Can No Longer Harvest Contact Lists & Facebook’s Spyware Could Get Booted Out of App Store

Is Apple the Real Winner of Facebook Data Scandal? Devs Can No Longer Harvest Contact Lists & Facebook’s Spyware Could Get Booted Out of App Store

6 years ago
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https://wccftech.com/apple-real-winner-facebook-data-scandal/

Earlier this week we posted about Apple having updated its App Store guidelines to prohibit apps from mining cryptocurrencies on iOS devices. It appears that the iPhone maker is also trying to restrict developers from using information about iPhone users’ contacts to build their own databases, among other things.

3.2.2 (vi) Apps should allow a user to get what they’ve paid for without performing additional tasks, such as posting on social media, uploading contacts, checking in to the app a certain number of times, etc.