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A comment on Apple's Cooperation with Authoritarian Governments. Parent comment

Re:Apple's Cooperation with Authoritarian Governments by ladyanita22 on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @05:48AM (#26645277)
Yes, it's a double-edged knife, but let's keep in mind that the government actually has enough power to spy its citizens without tampering the devices, with the social networks, cell locations...
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Re:Apple's Cooperation with Authoritarian Governments by brorfred on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @04:24PM (#26652651)
Very true but a side loaded app can do so much more. Possibly even act as a key logger. Definitely provide info about all your whereabouts during protests.
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Re:Apple's Cooperation with Authoritarian Governments by techrat on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @06:53PM (#26654188)
Good thing being able to sideload an app also implies that you can detect and disable or remove offending apps.

Something Apple still doesn't let you do.

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Re:Apple's Cooperation with Authoritarian Governments by ladyanita22 on Monday April 05, 2021 @12:42AM (#26695425)
You can detect it, but I wouldn't be sure they allow you to remove other apps.

Certainly, once a device enters into China, it should be considered breached and insecure.

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