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> Lockdown mode seems to be one of those features that's great for marketing and PR in certain circles, while being extremely useful in situations where it's ne
by vineyardmike 4y ago
> Lockdown mode seems to be one of those features that's great for marketing and PR in certain circles, while being extremely useful in situations where it's needed.
Also, it gives them additional room to play with security research and engineering at large. They already have an incentive to improve security on device (drive by attacks, jail breaking), and this just enables them to play with things that are safer but break too much. They’re basically training their other tech teams to be more secure, and find where security and UX clash, identify and build the fix, even if off by default.
- Melatonic 4y agoAlso, and of course totally coincidental, it gives them a great justification for blocking other browsers.
- largepeepee 4y agoCompletely coincidental, I am sure. Absolutely no one vendor can match apple in security, ever.
- LoganDark 4y agoYou gotta admit, they do invest a ton of money into security. Mainly to keep consumers from running their own custom software on their devices. I guess that keeps out attackers too. But do keep in mind the user themself is probably part of Apple's threat model.
- Proven 4y agoI don't care, as long as they make Lockdown Mode secure for my main app. I'll get an Android phone if I want choices in situations where I don't need them.