Apple Inc.

Richard L Hagy

Pierre-Olivier J Martel

Kelly B Yancey

Ivan Krstic

Patrick L Coffman

Kevin James Van Vechten

Damien Pascal Sorresso

Austin G Jennings

Gavin B Thomson

Nicole R Ryan

Stephen J Rhee

Andrew S Terry

Timothy P Hannon

Ivan Krstić

Alastair Kenneth Fettes

Adam C Swift

Jessica Aranda

Brandon J Van Ryswyk

Matthew J Dickoff

David P Remahl

Richard J Cooper

Jonathan A Zdziarski

Described herein are techniques to enable limited access to a photos library by enabling application specific virtual photo libraries. When an application requests access to the photos library, the user can select an option to enable or configure a virtual photos library, and then select specific assets (e.g., photos, videos) within the photos library to be selected for inclusion into an application specific virtual photos library.

Virtual library

Virtual photos library

Some embodiments provide a method for a device having multiple users. The method identifies a process installed on the device that requires an isolated storage in a file system of the device. For each of a set of the users of the electronic device, the method assigns at least one container for use by the process within a user-specific section of the file system. The containers assigned to the process in a section of the file system specific to a particular user are only accessible by the process when the particular user is logged into the device. The method assigns at least one container for use by the process within a non-user-specific section of the file system. The containers assigned to the process within the non-user-specific section of the file system are accessible by the process irrespective of which user is logged into the device.

Multi-user device

This disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for identifying an asset privacy management trigger on an end-user device related to a third-party application. In response to identifying the asset privacy management trigger, a privacy selection interface to enable a user to select a limited asset access option is displayed. In response to the limited asset access option being selected, an asset selection interface is displayed, where the asset selection interface is configured to define a sub-set of assets of the end-user device as authorized for the third-party application based on user selection. In response to a subsequent request to access assets of the end-user device by the third-party application, the third-party application is able to access only the defined sub-set of assets. For different third-party applications or scenarios, the asset privacy management triggers and asset sub-set definitions may vary.

Third-party access of end-user device assets

In response to a request for launching a program, a list of one or more application frameworks to be accessed by the program during execution of the program is determined. Zero or more entitlements representing one or more resources entitled by the program during the execution are determined. A set of one or more rules based on the entitlements of the program is obtained from at least one of the application frameworks. The set of one or more rules specifies one or more constraints of resources associated with the at least one application framework. A security profile is dynamically compiled for the program based on the set of one or more rules associated with the at least one application framework. The compiled security profile is used to restrict the program from accessing at least one resource of the at least one application frameworks during the execution of the program.

Methods for restricting resources used by a program based on entitlements

Embodiments described herein provide techniques to limit programmatic access to privacy related user data and system resources for applications that execute outside of a sandbox or other restricted operating environment while enabling a user to grant additional access to those applications via prompts presented to the user via a graphical interface. In a further embodiment, techniques are applied to limit the frequency in which a user is prompted by learning the types of files or resources to which a user is likely to permit or deny access.

Dynamic sandboxing of user data

Containers shared by multiple users of a device

In response to a request for launching an application within an operating system of a data processing system, one or more extended entitlements are extracted from the application, where the one or more extended entitlements specify one or more resources the application is entitled to access. One or more security profile extensions corresponding to the one or more extended entitlements are dynamically generated. A security profile specifically for the application is created based on the one or more security profile extensions and a base security profile that has been previously compiled, where the base security profile specifies a list of a plurality of base resources. The application is then launched in a sandboxed operating environment that is configured based on the security profile specifically generated for the application.

Methods for restricting resources used by an application based on a base profile and an application specific profile

When an application is launched, a framework scanning module scans a plurality of frameworks linked against by the application to generate a list of available services. When the application makes a request of a particular service, a service verification module compares the requested service to the list of available services and if the requested service is found in the list of available services, sends a signal to the application, the signal allowing access to the requested service for the application. Otherwise, access to the requested service is denied.

Dynamic service discovery

Methods to generate security profile for restricting resources used by a program based on entitlements of the program

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Montara, CA, United States of America

Richard L Hagy