Loupe – A iOS app that raises awareness about what native apps can see

3 comments

• regecks31 minutes ago
  Damn. The "iPhone last setup or erased on ..." is really nasty. What can a user really do about that? I feel like this should be fudged somehow by the OS.
  • matthewfcarlson18 minutes ago
    Is the threat model tracking across multiple apps to correlate what you're doing? In that case, a single app wouldn't show you the fudging.
• ChrisMarshallNY21 minutes ago
  It&#x27;s likely to be trolled by the WPA folks, who will insist that WPAs are just as insecure as native apps, so there&#x27;s no difference ...<p>But <i>very</i> cool.
• paulirish1 hour ago
  Would love this for MacOS as well.
  • weikju1 hour ago
    Fortunately, if you read the README (and decide to go past the “this was mostly built by AI” part,<p>&gt; Loupe also builds for macOS. The Mac version is mostly complete, but a few things still need work before it&#x27;s polished.
    • heavensteeth0 minutes ago
      &gt; and decide to go past the “this was mostly built by AI” part<p>I got that feeling just seeing the title use &quot;native&quot; as a synonym of &quot;not a website&quot;.
  • bethekidyouwant1 hour ago
    What “apps” do you use on a mac?
    • VertanaNinjai1 hour ago
      Probably a ton since macOS apps are literally distributed as .app bundles.
      • winstonwinston31 minutes ago
        Though there is a difference what store apps and non-store apps can do. I think is about store apps which are “sandboxed” and have to use public api to request then access information which non-store apps can access without.
    • internet200044 minutes ago
      Google Chrome, VS Code, among others
      • bethekidyouwant15 minutes ago
        Well “they” can technically “read” anything your user can.