Glassbox

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Glassbox is a mobile analytics firm that processes and analyzes mobile phone data on iOS and Android operating systems.

In February 2019, TechCrunch reported that numerous popular applications in the iOS App Store used Glassbox to record users' activities without the users' informed consent, which compromised users' privacy and contravened the rules of the iOS App Store.[1][2][3][4] In response, Apple told app developers that if they continued to flout the rules of the iOS App Store, their apps would be removed from it.[5][6][7] The affected apps included ones published by Expedia, Abercrombie & Fitch, Hotels.com, Air Canada, Hollister, and Singapore Airlines.[8]

References

  1. "Many popular iPhone apps secretly record your screen without asking". http://social.techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots/. Retrieved 9 February 2019. 
  2. Schroeder, Stan. "A bunch of popular iPhone apps silently record your screen, report claims". https://mashable.com/article/iphone-screen-recording-apps/. Retrieved 9 February 2019. 
  3. "Did you know these iPhone apps record your screen while you use them?". https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/07/iphone-screen-recording-analytics/. Retrieved 9 February 2019. 
  4. Mikey Campbell. "Popular iOS apps use Glassbox SDK to record user screens without permission [u"]. https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/02/06/popular-ios-apps-use-glassbox-sdk-to-record-user-screens-without-permission. Retrieved 9 February 2019. 
  5. "Apple tells app developers to disclose or remove screen recording code". http://social.techcrunch.com/2019/02/07/apple-glassbox-apps/. Retrieved 9 February 2019. 
  6. Palladino, Valentina (8 February 2019). "Apple to developers: disclose screen recording or get booted from App Store". https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/apple-to-developers-disclose-screen-recording-or-get-booted-from-app-store/. Retrieved 9 February 2019. 
  7. "Some apps are secretly recording what you do on your iPhone". The Independent. 8 February 2019. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/iphone-apple-apps-security-privacy-screen-recording-data-a8770651.html. Retrieved 9 February 2019. 
  8. Clover, Juli. "Some Popular iPhone Apps Secretly Record Your Screen for Analytics Purposes". https://www.macrumors.com/2019/02/06/iphone-apps-screen-recordings-analytics/. Retrieved 9 February 2019.