QtmLeap

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Apple's head of security speaks out against iPhone app sideloading in new interview in c/apple@hardware.watch
[–] QtmLeap@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

“If you know where you’re downloading apps from” a lot of people don’t, and still do it.

Apple's head of security speaks out against iPhone app sideloading in new interview in c/apple@hardware.watch
[–] QtmLeap@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (12 children)

I’ll be honest, as much as I agree with the freedom of choice on that matter. He is not wrong to say that if you can only download apps from the App Store, that closes a massive security hole. I’m not looking forward to having to troubleshoot grandmas iPhone because she downloaded the wrong thing looking for a recipe but it’ll be nice to not be confined to the rules of the corporate overlords. Pros and cons.