Several years ago Android was a mess when it came to privacy, with iOS being a much more secure system from the beginning. Despite the fact that Google’s system continues to allow app downloads on third-party sites and other methods that without sufficient knowledge could put the terminal at risk, the truth is that it has advanced a lot in the field of security. Apple has also continued on the right path and will now incorporate a utility in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 that we have already seen in Android for a few years. Although everything that is “copy” or “imitate” in this sense will always be well received, whether from one side or the other.
Information about privacy in applications of the App Store
The App Store has been on everyone’s lips in recent months because of the controversy with developers such as Epic Games, creators of Fortnite. However, everything continues its course at Apple and they try to continue improving the user experience, now offering the possibility of knowing useful information about the accesses that applications will require when downloading. This will be done through a label that will show all that data, something similar to what we see in the Android Play Store when the same process is carried out to download apps.
This feature is not yet implemented in the iOS and iPadOS 14 betas and is not expected to arrive in the final versions at the moment. Apple gave this information to developers recently, giving the end date of this 2020 , so there is still room. It may end up arriving in versions like iOS 14.1 or similar, but for the moment it is anyone’s guess. It should be noted that it will also come to macOS Big Sur .
From Apple Park they intend that this information helps the user to know what kind of data the applications will collect , in such a way that they can avoid being tracked if they do not wish to from the moment they intend to download the application. Data such as the location of the iPhone, access to the microphone or access to payment data will have to be reported on these labels by the developers. And the latter is very important, since it is not something optional but mandatory , so it is possible that not complying with it will result in the removal of apps from the store. Something similar will happen if it is discovered that an app accesses device information without having previously reported it.
Apple continues to brag about privacy
As we said at the beginning, privacy and security are the most important pillars that Apple boasts whenever it can. And it is demonstrated not only with news like the one mentioned above, but they take advantage of events and presentations to do it and from time to time advertising spots are made with it. In a video recently posted on its YouTube channel, the Californian brand shows in a very visual way what surfing the internet represents on many occasions with our devices, airing our intimacies on the net in a way that is not out loud. The ad ends with the slogan ” Privacy. That’s the iPhone .”