Hi, I am developing an app that checks if biometric authentication capabilities (Face ID and Touch ID) are available on a device. I have a few questions: Do I need to include a privacy string in my app to use the LAContext's canEvaluatePolicy function? This function checks if biometric authentication is available on the device, but does not actually trigger the authentication. From my testing, it seems like a privacy declaration is only required when using LAContext's evaluatePolicy function, which would trigger the biometric authentication. Can you confirm if this is the expected behavior across all iOS versions and iPhone models? When exactly does the biometric authentication permission pop-up appear for users - is it when calling canEvaluatePolicy or evaluatePolicy? I want to ensure my users have a seamless experience. Please let me know if you have any insights on these questions. I want to make sure I'm handling the biometric authentication functionality correctly in my app. Thank you!

Dear Apple Team, I am reaching out regarding the need for more sophisticated location verification APIs beyond basic IP lookup capabilities. As online fraud continues to evolve, IP-based geolocation has proven insufficient for many business use cases requiring accurate location verification. Would it be possible to discuss this proposal with your API development team? I believe this would be valuable for the entire iOS and macOS developer ecosystem while maintaining Apple's commitment to user privacy.

Hi, I am developing an app that checks if Bluetooth is available on the device or not (does not actually use any Bluetooth capabilities). The only CoreBluetooth API's that I use are: CBCentralManager the state property of the CBCentralManager centralManagerDidUpdateState When I am testing, I experience different behaviors on my test devices. On an iPhone 15 iOS 18.5, the app works fine. However, on an iPhone 13 iOS 18.3.2, the app crashes with the following error: This app has crashed because it attempted to access privacy-sensitive data without a usage description. The app's Info.plist must contain an NSBluetoothAlwaysUsageDescription key with a string value explaining to the user how the app uses this data. Why is this permission required on my iPhone 13 iOS 18.3.2, but not my iPhone 15 iOS 18.5? Why do I experience different behavior on different iPhone configurations?

Is there a way to distinguish physical mouse/keyboard input from remote control mouse/keyboard input on Mac? Or even better, is there a way to detect if my Mac is being remotely controlled?

Hi, I am trying to determine if the Mac that is running my app has an active screen sharing session or not. Is there a way to detect this? Potentially using system API's or a system command? Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!