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Some iPhone apps are spying on users, alert research

TechCrunch research reveals that some iPhone apps - including Air Canada, Expedia and Abercrombie & Fitch - are able to record the smartphone screen, thus spying on users' behavior without their knowledge.
It's all due to an analytics company named Glassbox, which has the technology that lets you record the screen of iPhones. In this way, it is possible to collect data such as passwords and even credit card information without the users' knowledge.
Faced with the research, the companies responsible for the apps responded that the use of this practice was intended to enhance the user experience, not making any mention that they use sensitive information from users. In its defense, Glassbox indicates that it does not have access to the part of the screen relative to the keyboard, effectively affirming that it does not have access to sensitive information. Miguel Dias