[monkin]

I wonder how the EU will respond when high-ranking politicians fall victim to third-party app store scams or experience significant data leaks exploited through other browsers. Given that they're not particularly tech-savvy, it raises questions about their preparedness for such situations, and who they will blame for it.

[jmull]

(1) Why assume Apple's browser is more secure than the likely alternatives, Chrome and Firefox?

(2) Those high-ranking politicians almost certainly already make heavy use platforms that allow "side-loading" and alternative browsers. That means the attack surface doesn't change much from where it is right now.

[matsemann]

You don't have to wonder, as Android has had this model for years. So that should help you predict. Hint: not an issue.

[SigmundA]

Seems like an issue, such that they are testing ways to disable certain side loaded apps: https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/07/google-starts-blocking-use...

[monkin]

Never seen high-profile politician with an Android device.

[Hizonner]

Well, admittedly that's pretty good evidence for your position that high-ranking politicians are stupid. But it also shows that high-ranking politicians won't stray outside Apple's little world even if given the opportunity, so there's no problem to begin with.

[smoldesu]

It already happened. Except, well, the blood's on Apple's hands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware)

I wonder how Apple will respond when high-ranking politicians acknowledge that security is a personal responsibility that Apple was unfit to provide in the first place. That will be a fun discussion, albeit further down the proverbial line.

[asadotzler]

Like Pegasus that infected all those iPhones of world leaders?

[Hizonner]

So Apple needs total control over the entire world, because high-ranking politicians are too stupid to take care of themselves?

I mean, if they had the choice not to buy Apple, they might buy something that they're unprepared to handle, so what you're saying necessarily implies that they have no non-Apple choices at all, or at least no choices that aren't just as locked down as Apple and run in just as hidebound a way.

With all sincerity, fuck you and fuck everybody who thinks like you.

[monkin]

> With all sincerity, fuck you and fuck everybody who thinks like you.

Thank you.