[swiley]

I meant to mention this in my other reply but can't now because of noprocrast.

>You are one of a tiny minority of specialists who can do this. End users in general quite obviously cannot.

"Experts" inspecting the source code for apps allowed for some bare minimum security checks. Companies buy out smaller software projects and add spyware to them fairly often (on the iPhone this usually happens via dylibs rather than the App publisher purposefully doing it.) and Apple has removed one of the only ways to catch this without an adequate replacement. The effect is much worse overall security.

[zepto]

> Companies buy out smaller software projects and add spyware to them fairly often (on the iPhone this usually happens via dylibs rather than the App publisher purposefully doing it.)

Yes.

and Apple has removed one of the only ways to catch this without an adequate replacement.

No - these can be scanned for during app review.

> The effect is much worse overall security.

No, consumer software outside the App Store is rarely examined by experts who have access to the source code.

This certainty is not a general practice.

[swiley]

I would be willing to bet money that there is more malware on the App Store than in the official Debian Repos.

[zepto]

So what? There is more malware in the App Store than on floppy disks for the Atari ST too.

The Debian repos are not a software store.