Apple exec: “Sideloading in this case is eliminating choice”

Re:Apple exec: “Sideloading in this case is eliminating choice” by sascha_sl on Thursday June 24, 2021 @06:24AM (#27615790)

> a random website could have a form hat asks for your bank data so then Apple should protect grandma and whitelist websites and review all updates to those websites.

This argument is extremely flawed.

Apps can do malicious things without or with little interaction. Apple in this case is enforcing a few policies that it couldn't with sideloading, like apps that want permissions they don't need in exchange for functioning.

Websites don't get automated access to anything of the sort.

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Re:Apple exec: “Sideloading in this case is eliminating choice” by simion314 on Friday June 25, 2021 @09:07AM (#27630275)

A good OS has sandboxing and permissions implemented in software not in a human or automated review. Exactly like a website an app would not be able to access the camera unless you allow it.

I understand that we could say that native apps are more dangerous because iOS is fulled of bugs and zero days so you want daddy Apple to be able to "intimidate" bad developers with a review.

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Re:Apple exec: “Sideloading in this case is eliminating choice” by adriancr on Thursday June 24, 2021 @06:34AM (#27615845)

> Websites don't get automated access to anything of the sort.

There used to be websites you just accessed and got your iPhone jailbroken via safari exploits.

So argument is not flawed, its spot on.

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Re:Apple exec: “Sideloading in this case is eliminating choice” by sascha_sl on Thursday June 24, 2021 @06:37AM (#27615870)

WebKit will be WebKit and this is a change in the original argument.

Nobody will burn a zero day to collect random people's data. It's a completely different threat model.

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