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How about if Apple could certify the apps instead. Developers can pay to have confirmation from Apple that the apps is safe, but they don't have to. That way u

• FreeRadical 17y ago
  I think this is a brilliant idea.
• eli 17y ago
  Kinda like what Java Verified and Symbian Signed have been doing for years? A cryptographic signature (with an Apple-run signing authority) also ensures that your apps haven't been tampered with by a third party and (in theory) should let you track down the owner of an app if it turns out to be malware.
• clawrencewenham 17y ago
  That would be about as effective as the use of SSL certificates to prevent phishing. That is: zero effectiveness.
• megaduck 17y ago
  That is exactly what Palm announced last month. http://investor.palm.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=413826 http://investor.palm.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=413826
• marklubi 17y ago
  What if Apple were to start assigning a reliability or confidence score to the app/developer and amending the approval process to take this score into effect? New apps/developers need to go through the standard application approval process as it is now. As applications are approved/rejected, their score changes based on the results of the testing. As developers release updates to a given app, the approval process of that app is adjusted based on the confidence score. e.g., an app with a high confidence score would just automatically get approved (or maybe just a quick static analysis) whereas one with a medium score might just get a quick cursory testing. Additionally, to keep people from trying to game the system they could add in some random full testing of apps regardless of their confidence score.