Ask HN: Is Google breaking the Apple TOS by accessing files outside the sandbox?
I've recently upgraded an iPad 2 to iOS 7 from iOS 5. The original Google Maps app did not have a login. It was removed as part of the upgrade, and I the downloaded and installed Google Maps for iPad.<p>Google+ was also previously installed and upgraded after the move to iOS 7 (manually).<p>I then logged into Google+ with, my Google account.<p>I have now just opened the Google Maps app. To my utter surprise I see the following:<p><pre><code> Tired of typing?
Signing to get suggestions from your search
history and Google Contacts.<p><pre><code> Photo, name and profile from Google+<p><pre><code> Continue as <my name></code></pre></code></pre>
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I'm not logged into my Google account in Safari, so it isn't some kind of web cookie, so the only conclusion I have is that Google has somehow bypassed the app sandbox and accessed the Google+ app files. The only alternatives can think of that they have stored the details in the keychain.<p>If they have deliberately broken the sandbox, then I presume they have broken Apple's TOS.<p>However they have done. I find it completely intrusive. Worse, our iPad is a family device. I don't want every search anyone makes on this iPad to be logged to my account.<p>The solutions currently available to me are:<p>1. Allow Google to link my account with map searches on this device - no thank you
2. Delete all Google apps
3. Create a dummy Google account and link everything to that
4. Complain to Apple and have them force Google to pull this intrusive feature<p>Has anyone else seen this? Is there anyway to remove the suggestion of linking my account?<p>One of my kids is going to click on 'continue' sooner or later and I'm going to have a Google following me round and I won't be able to stop it.