Did Apple Add A Keylogger to the App Store?
The short version: Privacy Guides reports Apple's App Store may log keystrokes tied to your Apple ID, underscoring how deeply surveillance is baked into everyday tech, not just street cameras.
Our Take
Credit to Privacy Guides for digging into this one. A keylogger buried in the App Store, quietly tying your keystrokes to your Apple ID, is the kind of story that should make anyone who cares about privacy sit up. It's a reminder that mass surveillance isn't just squad cars with ALPR cameras bolted to light poles — it's also the devices in our pockets, built by companies that insist they're on our side.
We cover license plate readers because they're a visible, physical form of tracking that most people don't even know exists in their own neighborhood. But the same logic that justifies a Flock camera on every corner — 'it's just metadata,' 'it's for safety,' 'you have nothing to hide' — is the same logic that lets a trillion-dollar company quietly log what you type. Surveillance infrastructure doesn't stay in its lane. Once the data-collection-by-default mindset takes root, it shows up everywhere: your car, your phone, your apps.
If this story makes you uneasy, that unease is the right instinct. Check our camera map to see what's tracking you on the road, and head to our take-action page if you want to push back on surveillance creep in your own community.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Privacy Guides, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.