App data useage trickery
I noticed not long ago a bit of trickery being used by apple and apps when it comes to an app being able to access your data. Dont know if this is well known or not, might not have been searching the right key words.
Anyway, after downloading an app, before I use it I go to its settings to turn on or off anything I dont want, also check the data to turn it off. If I check either the app settings or data settings, 99.5% of the time, there is no data usage toggle switch to allow or block an app from accessing data. But, once I run the app for the first time, then go back to settings, the data usage toggle is there and is turned on.
I've tried turning cellular data off and running the app, and the usage toggle is not there, but once I turn data back on, the toggle appears. Apple has made it basically impossible to stop apps from accessing your data. I'm sure even if you turn data off within seconds of being able to, whatever data the app was accessing was already accessed and sent. This sort of thing is really irritating to me, and stinks to high heaven that Apple would allow such things. Your data is clearly more important than your privacy.
The attached pic shows a before and after. The app had just been installed, when run without cellular on, theres no data toggle switch (left). Once cellular has been turned on, the toggle switch appears (right). Ridiculous.
iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4, Gateway comp, Windows 7