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by smtddr 4044 days ago
I don't even think you should be surprised. I don't see how anyone could condone the privacy violation this app commits.

Of course this app should be banned, should have never made it to the appstore to begin with. And the developer should be ashamed of himself. With all the discussions around the NSA & privacy these days, it's tone-deafness & insensitive for a developer not to see the obvious problems iHasApp creates.

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Do you really suppose ad providers in millions of apps do anything differently? Do you think Apple's own iAd relevancy engine that allows them to charge premiums to advertisers does anything differently?

It seems odd to be outraged at a practice employed by the very knight in shining armor that just shut them down.