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Apple's 'incredibly private' Safari is not so private in Europe (www.theregister.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Apple's grudging accommodation of European antitrust rules by allowing third-party app stores on iPhones has left users of its Safari browser exposed to potential web activity tracking.

Developers Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk looked into the way Apple implemented the installation process for third-party software marketplaces on iOS with Safari, and concluded Cupertino's approach is particularly shoddy.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

What? You’re telling me Apple might have lied about the privacy of their proprietary browser?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is so dumb. Just let people install files like on MacBooks, Apple.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Curious that I got downvotes. Do people not want to install files on their iPhones? It's really nice on Android. I can install any .apk file I want and Google can't stop me!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think the reason for the downvote is, that this is not the point of the article at all and is besides the point.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How? The article is about Apple inserting itself between developers and users. If Apple just let iOS users download a file from a website and install it, there would be no need for 3rd party app stores or Apple's gatekeeping. They do this on macOS, why not iOS?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No. The article is about a security flaw in their implementation of installing 3rd party appstores.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Exactly! If they didn't have their "security" check there wouldn't be any flaw. The check itself is unnecessary except to make Apple money.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Privacy is just a buzz word. Always.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Ah yes, the old Apple marketing ploy.