Apple pulls iOS apps mining your iPhone for private data

Macworld
Oct 19, 2015, 11:32 am585 pts
App analytics firm SourceDNA just discovered evidence that hundreds of apps in the iOS App Store are collecting a whole bunch of identifying data about you in violation of Apple’s privacy policy. The apps are all using the Chinese advertising SDK Youmi, which was pulling data from private APIs unbeknownst to…

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