Apple now uses calls and emails to trust (or not) your device

At least on the whole, Apple is one of the technology companies that is most concerned about transparency in the way it handles user data, and therefore every change in its privacy policy and the scenarios in which it uses it. information accompanied by a very clear update on their terms of use.

For this very reason, he drew attention to this addition to the terms brought by VentureBeat. Apparently Apple can now capture an anonymous record of calls and of emails received / sent by your device to create a kind of “reliability score” for your device and thus prevent fraud or improper purchases on your device. iTunes Store.

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Confused, isn't it? Let's see what Apple says, letter by letter, in the store's privacy policy:

To help identify and prevent fraud, information about how you use your device including the approximate number of phone calls or emails you send or receive will be used to create a reliability score when you try to make a purchase. This information is sent so that Apple cannot know the actual values ​​on your device. Scores are stored for a fixed period on our servers.

Nonetheless, it is still unclear how much such incoming and outgoing calls and emails would help Apple authenticate a device as we well know. such as the serial number of each device or even the SIM card inside each iPhone or iPad (with cellular connectivity).

Anyway, any device used to enhance our security as long as our data remains anonymous and inaccessible to third parties, of course welcome, right?

via Gizmodo Brazil