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First ever iOS trojan discovered — and it’s stealing Face ID data to break into bank accounts (www.tomsguide.com)
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First ever iOS trojan discovered — and it’s stealing Face ID data to break into bank accounts

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[–] GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

And got kicked off by Apple, as per the article... A thing that can't be done in the future that a lot of people who use Android want to force onto Apple users.

[–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 4 points 9 months ago

I think the current proposed implementation would still allow Apple to revoke apps from third party stores, and they'd still control entitlements internally. Having said that, there's plenty of pushbacks already, and I haven't caught up as to whether or not EU approved their proposal yet. In all cases, as I said earlier, just like the cookie law and GDPR, the DMA maybe came from a good place with some good ideas, but the implementation is so broken, what companies will do to comply with the word of the law will be a gong show.

[–] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It will probably still get kicked off by Apple.

Google can, (and does) arbitrarily delete apps, including sideloaded ones, from any Android device via Play Services. The last time Google used this feature it deleted KDE Connect, a popular open source app, from users' devices, without their consent.

https://discuss.kde.org/t/f-droid-version-of-kdeconnect-uninstalled-by-playprotect/5992

I would be very surprised if Apple did not have something similar ready when iOS "sideloading" is made generally available.

The last time I checked the progress on this, any individual/company who wants to sideload their app on iOS needs to pay 10k to open their own appstore on the platform (with distribution still managed by Apple), then release the app via that store - not remotely comparable to Android sideloading

Edit: Wrong community sorry - deleting response

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This is not Android users forcing anything upon you. Its about antitrust. No one will force you to enable sideloading.

Hell, Apple will probably heavily discourage anyone from trying it.