The Cupertino-based company, Apple is naturally a great herculean knight in strong armor that saves its users from invaders. But, in recent times, even Apple has struggled to get things going without causing tangles that need a knurl.
Apple store has already been charged to reject or neglect apps that gather users’ data to bypass privacy measures; now, the developers aren’t unfolded yet and will be able to justify their costs of using certain features. With the advent of iOS 14 introduction of App Tracking Transparency, Apple made sure of enhanced privacy for all users whilst making a tough environment for advertisers to make their process on the run.
However, they discovered some other ways of identifying and tracking users through device fingerprinting. To ensure that nothing enters the system, Apple rolled out a new update to Apple’s developer documentation, albeit it’s not going to stop right there and move forward. A developer desires to gain the advantage of having an Apple API that may provide a better solution to device fingerprinting, and they will have to reshuffle and prove it.
“From Fall 2023 you’ll receive an email from Apple if you upload an app to App Store Connect that uses required reason API without describing the reason in its privacy manifest file,” – Apple
Apple came up with the term “required reason API” to differentiate APIs that developers account for, while it can remain unchanged or either changed in the list if required. Currently, there are around 30 APIs available, and they could be applied across all of Apple’s platforms. In the meantime, there are exceptions within even these APIs; Apple’s documentation consistently says that “Information accessed for this reason, or any derived information, may not be sent off-device.”
