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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by wmf on Friday February 01, 2019 @12:32AM (#19051898)
Maybe iOS could allow sideloading of normal apps but not VPNs or CA certificates.
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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by saagarjha on Friday February 01, 2019 @12:39AM (#19051931)
Apple already does this; you need to be part of the paid developer program to be able to sign VPN apps.
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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by dymk on Friday February 01, 2019 @12:36AM (#19051923)
You've identified a partial list of apps which might be bad for user privacy. Could you produce an exhaustive list, though? And specific policy defining what would constitute a violating app?
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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by curt15 on Friday February 01, 2019 @07:23AM (#19053525)
Forcing VPNs to be installed only via the app store also means that an authoritarian state like China has a single source to clamp down on when they want to restrict citizens' access to information.
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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by scarface74 on Friday February 01, 2019 @07:59AM (#19053709)
You don’t need to “install” VPN apps at all.

https://www.imore.com/how-configure-vpn-access-your-iphone-o...

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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by saagarjha on Friday February 01, 2019 @07:29AM (#19053554)
Which China has already done.
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