It would be great to protect people from being tricked into installing malicious apps on their mobile devices.
It would be fantastic if that way *weren't* giving a single company an exploitative economic monopoly over all apps for a specific mobile operating system.
This seems like a strong case for public interest: establish an independent public body to certify apps, rather than trusting it to #Apple (or #Google, or Amazon, etc).
#infosec #sideloading #apps #tech
David Megginson /
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2024-06-26 19:12:22
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