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0 pointsgjsman-10004y ago0 comments

Some privacy features are in the OS, but others aren’t. For example, Facebook probably doesn’t like having users see the privacy label in the App Store. It’s kind of embarrassing. Also, if Facebook could sideload, they could use restricted APIs and entitlements that the App Store would not permit.

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handrous4y ago

Also, not being permitted to fingerprint users for tracking. The OS prevents certain methods of doing that, but can't prevent all the methods that Apple's banned. The review process and threat of the banhammer are necessary to prevent those.

idle_zealot4y ago

> Facebook probably doesn’t like having users see the privacy label in the App Store. It’s kind of embarrassing.

What’s more embarrassing, that label in the App Store, or a big scary warning that says something to the effect of “This software has not been confirmed safe by Apple. It is not guaranteed to work properly, and may be a SCAM, VIRUS, or other MALWARE. By installing this application YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR DEVICE AND PRIVACY AT RISK. Are you sure you want to proceed y/N?” when trying to install Facebook’s app via sideloading?

gjsman-1000OP4y ago

If your cousin or your friend or your techie son tell you that that app is just fine and then it tells you that warning for everything, it becomes the boy who cried Wolf.

Plus, even that is less embarrassing than Facebook listing every single thing they track about you.

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