Jamf, company providing enterprise services with Apple devices, releases a report covering permissions requested by popular apps.

They studied popular applications and checked all permissions apps are requiring.

Top permissions determined by report:

  • Photos
  • Camera
  • Location
  • Microphone

What organizations can do to prevent inappropriate permissions

– Encourage your employees to take a close look at what apps request before tapping “accept.” Does a shopping app really need their photos? Does it need their location?
– Regularly audit your iPhone privacy settings to ensure that apps don’t have too much access to your data.
– Use security products that offer app vetting.
– Use a security tool that can flag out-of-date OS versions within your company’s fleet of mobile devices.

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Report also covers which permissions apps should avoid.

Jamf report: iOS app permissions: Do companies really need all of that access?

Reference: Jamf: These are the most common permissions requested by popular apps

Recommendations

Developer:

Study the report.

QA engineer:

Business as usual.

PM/DM:

Study the report, consider adjusting required permissions for the application.

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