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Tim Cook delivers speech railing against “data industrial complex,” sideloading

Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the IAPP 2022 conference. (credit: Apple) Apple CEO Tim Cook took to the stage at the annual International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) conference on Tuesday to talk about privacy, security, ad tracking, and sideloading. Calling privacy “one of the most essential battles of our time,” Cook […]

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Tim Cook delivers speech railing against “data industrial complex,” sideloading

Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the IAPP 2022 conference. (credit: Apple) Apple CEO Tim Cook took to the stage at the annual International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) conference on Tuesday to talk about privacy, security, ad tracking, and sideloading. Calling privacy “one of the most essential battles of our time,” Cook […]

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Apple’s Federighi delivers dramatic speech on dangers of sideloading

Enlarge / Apple’s Software Engineering SVP Craig Federighi speaks at Web Summit 2021. (credit: Web Summit) Apple executive Craig Federighi, who is responsible for the company’s iOS software for iPhones, delivered a lengthy speech intended to alarm listeners about what might happen if Apple is forced to allow users to sideload apps. The speech was […]

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Apple exec: “Sideloading in this case is actually eliminating choice”

Enlarge / The iPhone 12 mini. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple, facing calls from regulators to open the gates to alternative app stores and sideloaded apps on the iPhone, has launched a substantial PR push this week to make the case that sideloading would do harm to the iOS ecosystem and its users. The push builds […]

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Apple‘s Tim Cook: Sideloading is “not in the best interests of the user”

Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook being interviewed remotely by Brut. (credit: Brut.) Apple has been under a mountain of scrutiny lately from legislators, developers, judges, and users. Amidst all that, CEO Tim Cook sat with publication Brut. to discuss Apple’s strategy and policies. The short but wide-ranging interview offered some insight into where Apple […]