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Everyone knows all the apps on your phone

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1195 points gniting | 1 comments | 3/29/2025, 9:26:00 PM | HN request time: 0.268s | source
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andsoitis ◴[3/30/2025, 12:11:00 AM] No.43519910[source]▶

> everyone knows all the alls on your phone

On Android phones. iPhone doesn’t have this privacy deficiency.

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ctippett ◴[3/30/2025, 12:17:00 AM] No.43519943[source]▶

Are you sure? I know someone in adtech and I'm pretty sure Apple allows a similar app manifest that allows you to check for specific apps. I could be wrong.

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phony-account ◴[3/30/2025, 12:30:00 AM] No.43520009[source]▶

> I know someone in adtech and I'm pretty sure Apple allows a similar app manifest that allows you to check for specific apps. I could be wrong.

On iOS an app developer will need to register in advance which external applications their app intends to query, and the list needs to be very short and motivated. [1]

Incidentally, “I have a friend who says...” isn’t really a good citation anywhere outside Reddit - which HN resembles more and more each day.

[1] https://www.hackingwithswift.com/example-code/system/how-to-...

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1. robin_reala ◴[3/30/2025, 9:26:00 AM] No.43522735[source]▶

Could you take a moment of your time to read the last point in the HN Commenting Guidelines? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html