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Neither of which would be aided by opening the walled garden? Which isn't to say I don't think there are advantages to Android's model and that of more open pa
by jolux 11y ago
Neither of which would be aided by opening the walled garden?
Which isn't to say I don't think there are advantages to Android's model and that of more open package repositories in general, especially for power users. However most of Apple's base is people who don't care about openness or extra repositories, they want their iPhone to work with a minimum of fuss and not have to worry about malware like you do on Android.
The fact that we can only point to a single (XcodeGhost) cromulent exploitation of the Apple App Store stack is a testament to how good Apple is at maintaining the relative security of the iOS ecosystem.
- gozo 11y agoThe point is that security is not an inherent or necessarily attainable feature of a walled garden. Some people seem to think that just because Apple approves apps there isn't going to be any security issues. The approval process does prevent some security problems, and has some other features, but mobile security overwhelmingly comes from things like sandboxing.
- jolux 11y agoPerhaps that's the case, but if it is, then it seems clear that Apple's sandbox is far better than Android's as well. Also, approving apps does cull out a range of malware, because it is human- and computer-analyzed before entry. As I said previously, this has its downsides, but it does make it harder to get malware into the iOS App Store. Not impossible, but harder.