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Apple Maps privacy bug may have allowed apps to collect location data without permission

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    An Apple Maps privacy bug fixed in iOS 16.3 may have allowed apps to collect user location data without permission.

    At least one app appears to have done so, and a security reporter has speculated that the same privacy bug could have been exploited by countless apps over an unknown time period …

    1. Octofox
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      The exploit was done by a very large company, seems like the best way to prevent this would be to threaten to delist apps which exploit these bugs. Presumably there are problematic anti monopoly...

      The exploit was done by a very large company, seems like the best way to prevent this would be to threaten to delist apps which exploit these bugs. Presumably there are problematic anti monopoly laws that prevent this though.

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