@CAVOK to [email protected]English • 9 months agoYep, Apple’s breaking iPhone web apps in the EUwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square24arrow-up1186arrow-down15cross-posted to: technologytechnology
arrow-up1181arrow-down1external-linkYep, Apple’s breaking iPhone web apps in the EUwww.theverge.com@CAVOK to [email protected]English • 9 months agomessage-square24cross-posted to: technologytechnology
minus-square@RestrictedAccountlinkEnglish-15•9 months agoThey make no money by requiring their web engine be used. What they get is a phone where they prevent apps from snooping around other apps and secretly taking over the camera and microphone. Here is a Wikipedia page that explains their long fight over encryption. The EU regs just eliminated all of this protection in the name of commerce, but the big winners are the spy agencies and hackers.
minus-squareCicraftlinkEnglish9•9 months agoYou know you can just stick to the app store if you’re worried about that, right?
minus-square@RestrictedAccountlinkEnglish-15•9 months agoNo, the point is that the EU is requiring that Apple comprise the security in the name of letting users choose what they want.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•9 months agoNo, they are not requiring that at all.
They make no money by requiring their web engine be used.
What they get is a phone where they prevent apps from snooping around other apps and secretly taking over the camera and microphone.
Here is a Wikipedia page that explains their long fight over encryption.
The EU regs just eliminated all of this protection in the name of commerce, but the big winners are the spy agencies and hackers.
You know you can just stick to the app store if you’re worried about that, right?
No, the point is that the EU is requiring that Apple comprise the security in the name of letting users choose what they want.
No, they are not requiring that at all.