Uber may have been secretly recording your iPhone screen, even when the app is closed. Will Strafach, a New York-based security researcher, discovered that the taxi hailing app had received a special permission from Apple to access the screen-recording feature. Even though Uber claims it hasn’t been accessing users’ sensitive data, such features could put users’ security at high risk. He even threatened to remove the app from the Apple App Store altogether. It’s surprising that despite Uber’s dismal record on users’ privacy, Apple allowed the company to have the special treatment.

Source: Hindustan Times October 06, 2017 08:38 UTC