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Can you define "huge"? Android enables that possibility, so a good randomized sample to prove the point: how huge is that problem in the android world, as in, h
by 627467 6y ago
Can you define "huge"? Android enables that possibility, so a good randomized sample to prove the point: how huge is that problem in the android world, as in, how many millions of vulnerated devices and users are out there? How many millions of installs these "scam stores/apps" have?
It's a genuine questions since it's likely someone in hn can provide some peer reviewed data.
- vbezhenar 6y agoApple performs scan of all uploaded applications to check that they're not using private APIs. I might be wrong, but I think that unrestricted use of private APIs might result in broken security model. So allowing users to install any apps might affect security. Probably better approach would be to develop better web APIs, so Telegram could be run in a browser with identical experience.
- anticensor 6y ago> run in a browser with identical experience. That would enable secret chats on desktop, so I am in.
- duskwuff 6y agoTelegram Web (https://web.telegram.org/ https://web.telegram.org/) has existed for ages. There's no technical reason that it couldn't support secret chats; it's just been neglected by the Telegram developers.