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If its optional dont enable it/use it. I would be more concerned with companies using extralegal means to effectively infringe your property rights...

• cuddlybacon 5y ago
  Then shady apps will include instructions on how to bypass the security mechanisms. You already see this in Windows where game hacks (or just really shitty game mod sites) often request you disable security features to ensure they don't interfere with the hack.
  • keleftheriou 5y ago
    This is a big misconception. Sideloading doesn’t imply that app isolation (sandboxing) is also going away, nor does it imply that any app would ever be able to trick the user into running it with escalated privileges (sudo/root) as is the case on most computers. We’re not talking about going back to the old Windows security model where you were always one wrong click away from damaging other apps or the OS, or having your data stolen.
• i_like_apis 5y ago
  Sounds like different issues. I love options. Well designed options are a feature, I use them. Malware/Crapware is something different, it's a contagion that should be controlled.
  • anfilt 5y ago
    I agree that malware and such should be dealt with but at the expense of your own property rights is far too far. Secondly, if apple just allowed loading your own signing key it’s not like malware writers can sign their crap with their own key, and expect it to run.
  • userbinator 5y ago
    What is malware to you, and what is malware to Apple, can and will disagree.
• threeseed 5y ago
  a) If it’s optional then apps will simply demand it be enabled in order to use their apps. And then it’s no longer optional in practice. b) You need to stop using the term extralegal. You agree to the terms when you first use the phone. Apple is not doing anything without your explicit permission.
  • anfilt 5y ago
    It is extralegal though. The boot-rom will enforce these restrictions, and you don’t have to agree to the iOS TOS to buy an iDevice. Further, one may want to use the device without iOS. Extralegal just means outside of the scope of law or a legal framework. Here apple using cryptography starting from the boot loader to effectively retain the right of exclusion regarding what code may or may not run on the ARM CPU. The sale of the tangible property should include the right of exclusion to the buyer short of a legal agreement at the time of sale allowing the seller to retain some rights. Thats why its extralegal there is no contract just apple using public key cryptography in rather hostile manner that diminishes the property rights of buyers. Here is a simple test if you have to ask 3rd party to do something with something you “own” you don’t fully own it or your rights are diminished in some manner.