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This has been bugging me for a few minutes, and I'd be keen on hearing thoughts from other hackers. Given sideloading will be available, does this not create a
by PartiallyTyped 3y ago
This has been bugging me for a few minutes, and I'd be keen on hearing thoughts from other hackers.
Given sideloading will be available, does this not create a broader attack vector that government agencies may use to access user data?
- criddell 3y agoOf course it does. In addition to governments, how long do you think it will take for companies and schools to roll out apps to monitor what people are doing with their phones? Companies will say you have a choice (you can always quit!) and schools will just be protecting children - who could oppose that? And you know when it comes to enterprise and software sold to school districts, it's usually top quality stuff.
- EMIRELADERO 3y agoCan't they already do this with MDM?
- rickdeckard 3y agoYes, that "scary story" basically describes MDM
- iamjake648 3y agoyes they can.
- criddell 3y agoYes, but this lowers the bar significantly.
- izacus 3y agoApple literally allows them to do that via MDM already so what exactly is your point here?
- wmf 3y agoThanks to the sandbox, sideloaded apps will have no more access than regular apps. Of course every app will ask for every permission but that's a different problem.
- PartiallyTyped 3y agoIs the sandbox a requirement by EU or is it apple imposed? If the latter, I can see the push to provide kernel-space access happening. Will alternative appstores also be sandboxed and run in user-space?