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Apple's 'incredibly private' Safari is not so private in Europe

by moose44 on 5/1/24, 4:54 PM with 25 comments

  • by LeoPanthera on 5/1/24, 7:46 PM

    The suggestion that Brave might be a better alternative is hilarious, and places into doubt everything else that video suggests.

    Brave is a crypto wallet and advertising platform that happens to come with a web browser.

  • by pulisse on 5/1/24, 7:01 PM

    I'm not seeing what the "catastrophic" issue is. A site can include a link to install an app from a third-party marketplace and, when the user affirmatively acts to proceed with the install, that marketplace can see which site the install request came from.

    That's it?

  • by spogbiper on 5/1/24, 7:44 PM

    Apple claims allowing users to install software from 3rd parties is a security problem, and then when forced to allow it they introduce security problems. Hmmm..

  • by not2b on 5/1/24, 7:52 PM

    Malicious compliance in action: make things worse and blame the regulations.

  • by skilled on 5/1/24, 7:06 PM

  • by dialup_sounds on 5/1/24, 10:32 PM

    * The limiting factor of this attack is that a marketplace must first be approved by Apple before it can undertake this sort of tracking. *

    Seems like a Catch-22 that Apple is required to support these other marketplaces out of their control but simultaneously expected to prevent them from behaving badly.