Apple tells apps secretly recording what users do on iPhone to stop immediately

Apple has told the various companies said to be secretly recording people's activities on their iPhones that they must stop immediately. Developers of some of the world's biggest apps have been rumoured to be using technology to watch people as they use their phones, in contravention of Apple's guidelines. Now Apple has said they must stop the recording, alert users to it or face "immediate action". The statement comes after a Techcrunch investigation alleged that many of the App Stores biggest apps were using analytics tools that watched people as they used the apps and recorded them as they did so, potentially hoovering up sensitive data like credit card information as they did so. "Protecting user privacy is paramount in the Apple ecosystem," an Apple spokesperson said.