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Most popular apps are less likely to abuse the feature in a malicious way and it gives a great amount of users to test the feature.
Hilariously, “most popular apps” being Zoom getting busted for lacking basic communication security out of the gate when the pandemic hit and a/v comms became important. Please, tell us more about these most popular apps.
the worst kind i think is the special entitlement whatsapp and other popular messaging apps get for abusing voip push notifications (not related to an actual voip call, but still waking up the app).
I’d say give more control to Apple.
the worst kind i think is the special entitlement whatsapp and other popular messaging apps get for abusing voip push notifications (not related to an actual voip call, but still waking up the app).
This is what bothers me most about Apple devices and software. They probably have the "best" devices out there in terms of user experience. I use an iPhone and iPad every day because of it. But they keep very tight control over what software can be installed and run on it in order to safeguard their views on UX and security/privacy. This means for me as a developer that it's hard to write software and tools for my ow…
Sideloading/rooting an idevice as long as it can’t do Apple Pay/bypass find my iPhone is fine of course.
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Two apps sit side by side. You see the camera dot. Which one is recording you?
Add a second dot.
Also I doubt Apple wants to turn the UI into a Morse code sequence to be deciphered by users.
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Reduce the odds of a screwup by giving it to arguably the most popular app in the store? This is nothing more than apple giving themselves and their preferred partners an unfair advantage - somewhat in opposition to Tim Cooks recent statement on developer equality.
Most popular apps are less likely to abuse the feature in a malicious way and it gives a great amount of users to test the feature.
In the past [1] they'd "(ab)use preinstallation scripts, manually unpack the app using a bundled 7zip and install it to /Applications if the current user is in the admin group (no root needed)."
I don't understand how this is even a security concern. How does it matter whether an app accesses the camera while it is taking up the full screen vs half?
Two apps sit side by side. You see the camera dot. Which one is recording you?
When Apple tests new ground, only their apps have access to a feature. Then only partners. Then only approved developers. Etc. This gradual rollout allows refinement and reduces the odds of screwups. It looks unfair, but Apples goal isn’t to be idealistically fair, but to keep iOS a good experience to users. For every good use of a feature there’s an abuse case.
Reduce the odds of a screwup by giving it to arguably the most popular app in the store? This is nothing more than apple giving themselves and their preferred partners an unfair advantage - somewhat in opposition to Tim Cooks recent statement on developer equality.
It also gives more to the users - the feature is available in apps most of them use.
Also this will be unpopular opinion but I don’t consider Apple giving themselves features an unfair advantage. Apple obviously trusts itself more than some random dude with a Mac mini.