diff --git a/blog/posts/ios-vs-android.md b/blog/posts/ios-vs-android.md index 56f70004..b723e2d0 100644 --- a/blog/posts/ios-vs-android.md +++ b/blog/posts/ios-vs-android.md @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Android and iOS have very different approaches in terms of downloading and acqui iOS restricts app downloads to their own App Store. Apple claims this is for security purposes, but it restricts user freedom and makes it possible for Apple to [censor](https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/28/apple-cooperating-with-russia-to-remove-vpn-apps-from-app-store) apps in certain regions. -Apple has a [whitepaper](https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/Building_a_Trusted_Ecosystem_for_Millions_of_Apps.pdf) explaining why they believe restricting to just the App Store is the best approach to security. Unfortuantely, malicious and fruadulent apps [bypass](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/09/sora-copycats-flooded-apples-app-store-and-some-still-remain/) Apple's App Store review regularly. Automated and human review can only do so much against an onslaught of malicious apps, so I think that a better approach is to design the system to disallow apps from having access to as much as possible and providing users with highly secure devices to prevent malware as much as possible. +Apple has a [whitepaper](https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/Building_a_Trusted_Ecosystem_for_Millions_of_Apps.pdf) explaining why they believe restricting to just the App Store is the best approach to security. Unfortuantely, malicious and fruadulent apps [bypass](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/09/sora-copycats-flooded-apples-app-store-and-some-still-remain/) Apple's App Store review regularly. Automated and human review can only do so much against an onslaught of malicious apps, so I think that a better approach is to design the system to disallow apps from having access to as much as possible and providing users with highly secure devices to prevent malware as much as possible. In the same whitepaper, Apple outlines some things they've done to combat malicious apps in a more systemic way such as SDK package signing. In contrast to their claims, the EU's DMA seems to have spurred them to improve security on iOS in several ways while also increasing user freedom. The App Store does enforce certain [security](https://support.apple.com/guide/security/about-app-store-security-secb8f887a15/1/web/1) properties, mainly through the App Review process. This process can't catch everything though, and [malware](https://securelist.com/sparkcat-stealer-in-app-store-and-google-play/115385) still slips through the cracks.