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I hadn't even thought of this. What if WeChat was a traditional installer (.msi, .app, .exe, .run) that you download from some sever and which is mirrored all
by 2bitencryption 6y ago
I hadn't even thought of this.
What if WeChat was a traditional installer (.msi, .app, .exe, .run) that you download from some sever and which is mirrored all over the place?
Does the same authority apply? Can the government say "it's illegal to have this binary executable?"
Or is this only possible because there's one central repository for these platforms, and the government can simply compel the platform (legal and ethical questions aside) to remove them?
- failuser 6y agoThey can issue the order, the question is how diligently would the order be fulfilled. Check file name? Check hash? Do a heuristic analysis a la antivirus? Filter network traffic for app signatures on to of this?
- Aperocky 6y agoYou actually can, there's a desktop version.
- mmwelt 6y agoYes, there is, but it requires you to scan a code with your mobile phone before you can use it!
- anon9001 6y agoSure, they can, but they won't bother. The average American isn't going to download software on a PC. They have an iPhone or Android device as their primary computer. Banning the app stores is enough to get the manipulation of the masses that they want. From what I understand, China does the same. Ban the easy things, only bother to crackdown on the harder things (like VPN or cryptocurrency) when they start to get out of control.