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abaymado | 10 months ago

> iOS have app privacy report where one can check what connections are made by app, how often, last one, etc.

How often is the average calculator app user checking there Privacy Report? My guess, not many!

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gruez|10 months ago

All it takes is one person to find out and raise the alarm. The average user doesn't read the source code behind openssl or whatever either, that doesn't mean there's no gains in open sourcing it.

dewey|10 months ago

The average user is also not reading these raised “alarms”. And if an app has a bad name, another one will show up with a different name on the same day.

nottorp|10 months ago

The real solution is to add a permission for network access, with the default set to deny.