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Apple’s vice president of software engineering, Craig Federighi, opposes the move to liberalize sideloading, which makes apps available outside of the App Store, puts users who promote cybercrime at risk.
Attending Web Summit 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal from November 1, 2021, sideloading on stage is the best friend of cybercrime, and being able to sideload to iPhone is a gold rush for the malware industry. said to lead to The reason that Vice President Federighi once again objected to sideloading is the Digital Markets Act, which is being enacted in the EU, saying that it is for user safety that previously prohibiting apps from being obtained from outside the App Store.
This law requires large companies that deploy large-scale online platforms such as the App Store, so-called gatekeepers, to treat their own and third-party services equally on the platform. that it becomes possible. If Apple could install apps it didn’t authorize on iPhones, the malware could flood like a cough, Federighi said.
Federighi also opposes letting users decide whether to sideload an app or not. The reason is that cybercriminals are skilled at tricking users, so even tech-savvy users cannot rule out the possibility of being tricked by spoofing sites or fake apps. In this regard, Federighi said the company cannot support the fact that everyone is at risk of being compromised by malware.
On the other hand, it is pointed out that fraudulent apps are already being deployed in the App Store in response to Vice President Federighi’s remarks. Federighi’s remarks are that Apple is abusing Apple’s dominant position to emphasize security risks, saying that it completely ignores the fact that requiring all apps to be installed from the App Store is that all app profits go through the App Store. He took the view that it was meant to avoid criticism. Related information can be found here.
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