Manzana has modified his policies for remove from your store those applications that use programming interfaces of applications (API) in a malicious way to try to identify users or monitor their activitya prohibited practice by the company and that will lead to the rejection of the infringing apps starting spring 2024.
He iOS 17 release and the rest of new versions of the operating systems of the company will bring as a novelty for the developers the justification of use they make of some APIs with which it is possible access data of the user’s device.
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He goal of change in their policies is that of prevent misuse of APIs and the data collected with them, since some have the potential to generate what is known as a fingerprint of the user, which allows your identification and its follow-up.
Thus, and as reported in the Apple developer pageit will be mandatorydescribe the reasons for which one application or the SDK from third parties on iOS, iPadOStvOS, visionOS or watchOS use these APIs. He also urges them to find out that “his application or the SDK from third parties only use APIs for the foreseen reasons”.
The company technology will begin to notify in autumn at developers that upload an application without duly justifying the use what certain APIs do, and will stop accepting the ‘apps’ that they do not have said description in your file manifest of privacy in spring 2024.
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Developers shall “accurately reflect” the use that your applications make APIs and the data they collect, and limit its use only to these stated grounds, which must be “consistent with functionality of its application as presented to the users”.