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Robert4

macrumors 6502a
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Apr 20, 2012
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Hello,

How "easy" is it for someone to access your Contact List, etc. on the iPhone ?

Any way to protect even more ?

R.
 

Moakesy

macrumors 6502a
Mar 1, 2013
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How do you mean?

As an App developer, can they write an app that will access your contacts? As a partner who unlocks your phone? Or someone who’ll logs onto your iCloud account using a browser?

Context?
 
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now i see it

macrumors G4
Jan 2, 2002
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Any app that wants to access your contact list has to ask for your permission (once) to do so. If you decline, then it can't access it. A typical legitimate use would be a 3rd party email app.
 
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