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February 16, 2012 04:08 am GMT
After a week of confused coverage around which mobile app developers access user address books and how they do it, we are finally getting a product-level resolution. Apple says today (in time to beat back some inquiring congressmen) that it will start requiring developers to ask for explicit user permission in order to access these contacts.The new interface, slated for its next iOS operating system release, will provide a permissions notification to users after they install an app, similar to how it currently requires users to approve location sharing or push notifications.This change will add some arguably unnecessary friction to users of apps that pull address books -- and a lot of developers will be affected, as 11% of free iOS apps were accessing address books as of the start of last year, according to one study.
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The Address Book Fiasco: Another Reason For Apple To Get Its Social Platform Right
After a week of confused coverage around which mobile app developers access user address books and how they do it, we are finally getting a product-level resolution. Apple says today (in time to beat back some inquiring congressmen) that it will start requiring developers to ask for explicit user permission in order to access these contacts.The new interface, slated for its next iOS operating system release, will provide a permissions notification to users after they install an app, similar to how it currently requires users to approve location sharing or push notifications.This change will add some arguably unnecessary friction to users of apps that pull address books -- and a lot of developers will be affected, as 11% of free iOS apps were accessing address books as of the start of last year, according to one study.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/2ptNDJrZkoo/
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