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>the government can install spyware themselves It would have to be an OS update since applications don't have access to that stuff, even if signed with an appl

• rsynnott 12y ago
  That's probably not quite true. Take an app that the user is already likely to have given access to their photos, like Facebook. Create a malicious app with the same app identifiers, sign, and push to the user. At that point, the phone thinks it's Facebook, and should allow access. That said, it'd be kind of unsubtle, and they'd probably get caught.
  • abritishguy 12y ago
    Ahh yes, I assumed we were talking about messages.
• mrsteveman1 12y ago
  I assumed it was primarily the review process ensuring that the proper sandbox configuration was included in the bundle and applied to apps at runtime, checking for private API use automatically etc, and that Apple could probably ignore their own restrictions if they chose to, especially those private APIs. iOS won't let even the most permissively configured, "unreviewed" app do things that apps aren't supposed to be able to do?