The Register, however, has come to understand from people familiar with the App Store's policies that accessing files in the user's home directory is not a violation of sandboxing rules when the user has granted the app permission to do so.
He notes that the application also collects a list of running processes on the user's device, something that he suggests skirts Apple's app sandboxing mechanism.Īpple declined to comment on the record. Wardle's analysis delves into the techniques used by Adware Doctor to exfiltrate users' browser history files from Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, a clear violation of user privacy expectations and App Store rules. Reed's post also points the finger at other apps for data harvesting: Open Any Files, Dr. (The other remains on the store.) There's also one called Total Adware Doctor.'
Also, before Apple removed the offending Adware Doctor app earlier today, there were actually two apps, from different developers, with that exact name. Chatting to El Reg, Reed said: 'There's definitely a naming issue on the App Store, because this has happened twice, with two different scam apps on the App Store, both using the name Adware Medic.
