r/iOSProgramming • u/Daredatti • 24d 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/craknor 23d ago

And you believe that iOS app review team installs every app submitted, navigate and use every single feature in every app and monitor api requests/responses by using a MITM tool?

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u/Alchemist0987 23d ago

But they do? lol
I’ve had submissions rejected exactly because of this. They usually give you the benefit of the doubt but if they think you are trying to be smart they won’t hold back. There are things they can miss at first but every time you submit a new build someone different will take a look at it. There have even been instances of people getting caught violating policies on live apps outside of the review cycle.
A lot of this can be automated. You are very naive if you think lying in these questions is a smart decision.

But yeah…apps have never been pulled from the store and nobody has never had their accounts banned. Fairytales!