Will App Users Get Fed Up With Privacy Issues?

Developers who create content for Apple’s App Store have revealed that they can create apps that can access users address book and photos without the user knowing.

The New York Times reports: “The New York Times asked a developer, who asked not to be named because he worked for a popular app maker and did not want to involve his employer, to create a test application that collected photos and location information from an iPhone. When the test app, PhotoSpy, was opened, it asked for access to location data.

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