Comments on: iOS apps could upload photo library, along with location info

By: Michael W. Perry

Michael W. Perry — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:55:44 +0000

iDevice owners need not worry. The advantage of using a successful product with a huge market share is that these sorts of things get fixed quickly. Even a 0.1% loss in sales would justify the expense.

Instead, I worry about friends who’re picking up quirky smartphones and tablets whose creators make exit the market in a year or two. As they go, they’ll have no incentive to fix problems.

I’m still using a iPod mini from early 2005 to read me audio books while I shower. Despite the fact that the design is over seven years old, iTunes still supports it. I doubt that’s true for the flood of music players that came out that same year.

By: Jason Kichline

Jason Kichline — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:29:32 +0000

What library did they use to do this? If it was a private framework, it will not get approved or distributed so there’s no security risk. I’d like to know how they accomplished it with a public API.

By: Justin Davis

Justin Davis — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:24:52 +0000

Google has figured this out with their G+ app on the iphone. i was wondering how google was getting access to my photos and automatically uploading them to my private folder, as they do in android. Google DOES warn you about this feature and does a great job communicating this to the user.