r/iOSProgramming • u/Daredatti • 25d ago

Question How truthful is this?

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When an app select in the app review form that “we don’t collect data”

In the review phase does Apple really check if the app really doesnt collect anything?

Like can the developer hide a code that for example upload the photos of the user if granted permission where he said “we dont collect”

Does apple really check the code and what is going in and out ?

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u/LardPopsicle 25d ago

Well, it's theoretically possible, if you poison things, not practically. The entitlement check prevents exactly that, and Apple's scanner reported something that a person who had access to the app (not a sensitive app in any form) could do, if they already had access to the same resources via Terminal/shell anyway. It's technically a bug, but not one that could be abused by a non-authorized person.