Developers from Mysk challenge Apple's famous focus on privacy. The developers claim that Apple's anonymous usage data for some internal apps includes a Directory Services Identifier (DSID from Directory Services Identifier) that is uniquely linked to your Apple ID and iCloud data.
Apple could potentially use this DSID to track your browsing habits in the App Store, according to Mysk. This seemingly contradicts Apple's claim that "none" of the data is personally identifiable, and appears to extend to iOS 16.
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Apple's analytics data includes an ID called “dsId”. We were able to verify that "dsId" is the "Directory Services Identifier", an ID that uniquely identifies an iCloud account. Meaning, Apple's analytics can personally identify you 👇 pic.twitter.com/3DSUFwX3nV— Mysk 🇨🇦🇩🇪 (@mysk_co) November 21, 2022
The researchers shared findings that show that iOS 14.6 sends large volumes data of app activity to Apple, even if you completely disable its analytics deviceor limit it collection them in some other way.
Τα δεδομένα αυτά συμπεριλαμβάνουν το μοντέλο του iPhone σας, τις γλώσσες πληκτρολογίου και άλλες λεπτομέρειες που θεωρητικά θα μπορούσαν να χρησιμοποιηθούν για ένα δακτυλικό αποτύπωμα της συσκευής σας. Το Gizmodo αναφέρει ότι πολλοί χρήστες υπέβαλαν ομαδική αγωγή κατά της Apple μετά τη δημοσίευση των data απορρήτου της Mysk.