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> to protect myself from low-quality background-syncing byte-code-obfuscated web-pages I am not sure why other people being allowed to install other browsers o
by stale2002 6y ago
> to protect myself from low-quality background-syncing byte-code-obfuscated web-pages
I am not sure why other people being allowed to install other browsers on their phone would force you to do anything.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoBecause app developers will use other browser engines allowing them to ignore any of the privacy constraints in place at the moment.
- manigandham 6y agoThat's already possible, and an app has far more access to your device and data anyway.
- CiaranMcNulty 6y agoApps cannot currently use other browser engines on iOS
- manigandham 6y agoMost of the web privacy settings are specific to Safari, not the Webkit browser engine. Also an app can access and send more data than a browser window. Anything the webview can block can just get transmitted by the app itself separately. So there's no reason to block 3rd-party browser engines as the GP post says.
- romanoderoma 6y agosafari is enough and has enough bugs to be a totally good vector for malware The real security issue is: if a bug in Safari is found (it happens quite often) users cannot use another browser in the meantime.
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- saagarjha 6y ago> has enough bugs to be a totally good vector for malware Not for most people.
- romanoderoma 6y agoIt's the main vector for malware on Apple phones (and mac laptops)
- saagarjha 6y agoMost malware is installed consensually, not as the result of bugs.
- romanoderoma 6y agoSo the only solution is to remove the computation from computation devices.
- stale2002 6y ago> Because app developers will use other browser engines That still does not force you to install those browser engines. If you want the apple approved apps, in the apple approve app store, that fine. But me using different settings does not force you to not use those approved apps.