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As opposed to not sideloading which... does exactly the same thing. https://www.macrumors.com/2021/03/16/apple-to-offer-government-approved-apps-russia/ https:

• brorfred 6y ago
  Not at all. I read that story as the suggested apps being on the AppStore and having gone through the normal vetting by Apple. If so, then the government doesn’t have access to any more backdoors than already potentially exists in for example WeChat or Alipay.