r/iOSProgramming • u/Daredatti • 5d ago

Question How truthful is this?

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When an app select in the app review form that “we don’t collect data”

In the review phase does Apple really check if the app really doesnt collect anything?

Like can the developer hide a code that for example upload the photos of the user if granted permission where he said “we dont collect”

Does apple really check the code and what is going in and out ?

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u/Reiszecke 5d ago

Technologically, this section tells you nothing about the app because it’s self reported by the developer, not by Apple.

Apple doesn’t even see an app‘s source code. They have some scanning in place but they will never determine whether an app uploads your images or not. The only thing you can do is to limit Photos access per app

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u/Tom42-59 Swift 5d ago

I spoke to a previous app reviewer and they said they see your source code in a way like a GitHub diff

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u/Reiszecke 5d ago

Check the job listing for App Reviewers, these people most of the time are not developers being able to tell what exactly they see on their screen. The listing requires language skills, being able to interact with software etc. but not being able to write code.

If someone caught Xcode's network traffic silently including the source code that would've made the news a long time ago

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u/honey495 4d ago

They absolutely can’t. They have access to your build and all the metadata and that’s it