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Re:iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Sunday April 23, 2023 @10:26AM (#35676496)
Is MacOS insecure then?
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Re:iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe by simooooo on Sunday April 23, 2023 @11:51AM (#35677267)
You could probably argue yes, since a 3rd party app isn’t validated in any way by apple
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Re:iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe by heavyset_go on Monday April 24, 2023 @09:13AM (#35687243)
3rd party apps are validated via OCSP on macOS when the apps are launched.

A few years ago this was an issue, when millions of macOS users found that they couldn't launch any apps at all on their Macs, because Apple's OCSP servers were down[1].

[1] https://blog.cryptohack.org/macos-ocsp-disaster

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Re:iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe by wrasee on Monday April 24, 2023 @04:39AM (#35685070)
I think most would accept that iOS is more secure than macOS. But to flip the logic the other way around and put as you did is a little disingenuous.
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