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Apple denies it shares Safari data with Tencent or Google
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IANS | 15 Oct, 2019
After media reports surfaced
that Apple is sending iOS users' data via its Safari browser to Google
and the Chinese tech company Tencent, the Cupertino-based iPhone maker
refuted such reports, saying it safeguards people's information in its
own systems and never shares it with third-party players.
A
report in reclaimthenet.org stated that "Apple, which often positions
itself as a champion of privacy and human rights, may be sending some IP
addresses from users of its Safari browser on iOS to Chinese
conglomerate Tencent -- a company with close ties to the Chinese
Communist Party".
The report focused on Apple's "fraudulent
website warning" system which is built into Apple's Safari web browser
to warn people when they visit sites that are harmful and can trick
users into sharing login passwords for banks, email and social media.
"Before
visiting a website, Safari may send information calculated from the
website address to Google Safe Browsing and Tencent Safe Browsing to
check if the website is fraudulent. These browsing providers may also
log your IP address,' read the information on Apple's "Safari &
Privacy" section.
It's unclear when Apple started allowing
Tencent and Google to log some user IP addresses, but one Twitter user
reported the change in Safari happened as early as the iOS 12.2 beta in
February 2019, said the report.
In a statement, the company said it actually doesn't send information to Google or Tencent.
"Instead,
it receives a list of bad websites from both companies and then uses it
to protect people as they surf the web. Apple sometimes obscures the
information about the website people visit if it requests more
information to check if a questionable website is malicious," CNET
reported on Monday, citing Apple's statement.
For people concerned about their privacy, the service can be turned off in Safari preferences on the iPhone or Mac.
Apple
CEO Tim Cook has said he believes privacy is "ingrained in the
Constitution," but that he's worried about how third-party companies
have worked to collect information on us.
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