A screenshot of the App Privacy Report on iPadOS 17 showing that many Apple built-in apps access contacts.

A screenshot of the apps that have requested access to contacts. The list is empty even though many Apple apps have access to contacts.

In iPadOS/iOS 17, Apple apps are still granted access to data such as contacts without an explicit permission from the user. Last year @stevemoser.bsky.social noted that Apple had added permission strings in its apps.
All these Apple apps access contacts without asking the user:

What is something that looks AI generated but isn't?
I'll go first: A Tetris handheld game Happy Meal toy that is shaped like a McNugget.

WWDC is soon. Tag yourself. Moof.

Touched grass (or moss rather) yesterday. Will be in San Diego on Sat & Sun and LA on Monday if anyone wants to meet up.

Thanks for the invite and the intro!

Test tvOS diff post: (small actual diff I haven't posted to twitter). "It looks like your HDMI cable is interfering with your WiFi connection. Switch to 5GHz Wi-Fi, or try an HDMI cable with high-quality shielding."

Link: sudolang-llm-support/sudolang.sudo.md at main · paralleldrive/sudolang-llm-support (github.com)

TIL about SudoLang. "SudoLang is a pseudolanguage designed for interacting with LLMs. All markdown files are valid SudoLang programs." cc @gruber.bsky.social

Just setting up my Blue Sky… should I post the next iOS beta diff here first?