Apple Maps privacy bug may have allowed apps to collect location data without permission

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By Ben LovejoyFeb 1, 2023, 7:15 am579 pts
An Apple Maps privacy bug fixed in iOS 16.3 may have allowed apps to collect user location data without permission. At least one app appears to have done so, and a security reporter has speculated that the same privacy bug could have been exploited by countless apps over an unknown time period … more… The post…

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