Un recent studiu derulat de Universitatea Santa Clara din California a demonstrat ca in App Store fata de Cydia exista mult mai multe aplicatii care transfera in secret date spre dezvoltatori. Studiul a fost facut pe 1407 aplicatii din App Store si Cydia, 825 descarcate din App Store si 526 descarcate din Cydia. In ceea ce priveste aplicatiile din App Store: 21% au transmis UDID-ul catre developeri, 4% au transmis date privind locatiile si doar 0.5% au transmis datele din agenda de contacte. In ceea ce priveste aplicatiile din Cydia: 4% au transmis UDID-ul si doar o singura aplicatie a transmis datele privind locatiile si datele din agenda de contacte. Vorbim desigur despre transmiterea in secret a datelor catre serverele dezvoltatorilor, lucru pe care Apple incearca sa il opreasca.
Of those tested apps, 21 percent of official App Store apps uploaded the user’s Unique Device Identifier, (UDID) a series of user-specific digits that can be tracked between apps to assemble a profile of a specific person’s behavior. Four percent uploaded the device’s location, and half a percent uploaded the user’s contact list. When the researchers analyzed the unauthorized Cydia apps, on the other hand, only four percent leaked the user’s UDID, and only one app out of the 500 tested–a program specifically designed for espionage called MobileSpy–leaked location or contact data.
Cei de la Forbes au discutat si cu saurik, parintele Cydia, in legatura cu recentele probleme cu securitatea datelor din agenda de contacte iar acesta recomanda tuturor sa faca jailbreak propriului dispozitiv. Cel mai solid argument al sau este ca dupa jailbreak utilizatorii pot controla in totalitate tot ce se intampla in propriile terminale si pot impune masuri suplimentare de siguranta. Desigur ca multi vor avea in continuare incredere in Apple si deciziile luate de ea insa cei care vor sa aiba ceva mai mult control vor alege jailbreak-ul.
If you care about this kind of thing, you should jailbreak your phone. Instead of Apple making decisions about what’s good and bad, you decide. People think jailbreaking is about deciding that things Apple doesn’t like are good. But it also allows you to decide that things Apple likes are bad. We provide you the tools to block the functionality you don’t believe apps should have on your phone.
