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Re:Gmail Sidesteps the App Store by nirmal on Wednesday April 15, 2009 @09:45AM (#563430)
The main browser would be subject to the same security as any native app, so I'm not sure how the security issues would be any different than a native application.
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Re:Gmail Sidesteps the App Store by ErrantX on Wednesday April 15, 2009 @10:01AM (#563453)
because native applications are usually installed by choice.

With a browser the implication (of the poster) is you could browse anywhere. Which obviously is a security risk because any page you visit has access to the Iphone API.

Would you visit a site that had that kind of access in your desktop browser?

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Re:Gmail Sidesteps the App Store by wmeredith on Wednesday April 15, 2009 @11:23AM (#563572)
20% of the internet still does it every day with IE6...
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