Comment on Apple's 'incredibly private' Safari not so private in Europe

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• independantiste@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Their platform is less secure because apple implemented side loading in a half assed way just so they can say the comply. Computers and android phones have been doing this since forever without any major issues. I believe if the security of your platform relies on only installing apps from a single source, then it’s not secure.

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  • Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    well said

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• skilltheamps@feddit.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The problem is not the EU demanding that, it rather is Apples blatant incompetence at implementing it

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  • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    "Apple – which advertises Safari as “incredibly private” – evidently has undermined privacy among European Union Safari users through a marketplace-kit

    It’s not incompetence, it’s maliciousness

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• tristan@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Here let me fix that for you

  EU: demands changes to allow non-verifiable software

  Apple: disagrees, but allows it does half assed job to try and make regulations look bad for its users

  platform browser less secure

  TheRegister: Damned Apple!!

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• MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s not what’s said in the article. At all. What so ever.

  The problem isn’t suddenly allowing third party browsers. It’s that Apple’s implementation to allow that in Safari sends out info about sites visited with those app stores. It allows snooping of what 3rd party things people use.

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  • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Apple: “SeE WhAt YoU MaDe mE Do!”

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  • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So maybe that’s why they didn’t want to allow that?

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    • MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No, the problem is with APPLE’S IMPLEMENTATION of HOW Apple allows third party stores through Safari. NOT with third party browsers themselves. Please learn to read.

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  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The problem isn’t suddenly allowing third party browsers.

    The problem here - the ONLY problem - is using a fucking browser to do everything, instead of… you know, browsing.

    An app store app should be installed as an app. It has no business being specially handled by a browser.

    That’s what you get when you turn a browser into a mini OS: the thing’s attack surface increases by orders of magnitude.

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    • MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well that’s just Apple “innovation”. You’re clearly not brilliant enough to understand the long term plan of greedy morons Apple.

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• Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  you missed the point of the article, its about apple basically giving users all their location data, and a hi vis jacket when shopping around such that anyone is allowed to access said information on where youve been. its apples fault for taping the website cookies to a unique identifier and allowing any website to access said list.

  this has nothing to do with 3rd party apps, but how apple handles other stores in its own browser.

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