In the wake of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica calamity, Tim Cook spitefully suggested that Apple was immune to such privacy breaches. That’s because Apple doesn’t “traffic in
your personal life,” Cook
said at the time. “Privacy to us is a human right, a civil liberty.”
Since Cook made those comments, however, Apple seems to have determined that its
developer agreements left it exposed to a major data mishap.
As was first reported by Bloomberg, the tech giant has thus updated its App Store guidelines to limit developers’
access to user information.
Most notably, Apple is no longer letting developers do what they please with the personal contacts of iPhone owners.
What this means for developers big and
small is not yet entirely clear. That, of course, didn’t stop industry watchers from speculating about possible implications on Wednesday.