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Big tech security (infosec.pub)

submitted 4 days ago by tfm@piefed.europe.pub to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] notarobot@lemmy.zip 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

According to them, when they added a similar registration process and requirements for the playstore they saw a SIGNIFICANT drop on malware.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 14 points 3 days ago

I don't find that shocking, and to be honest, I don't really see too much of a problem with forcing people to give that information to be on the play store. But to let people make programs that run on the hardware at all is crazy. Forbidding third party app stores is the most anti competitive bullshit ever.

[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago

That's because the playstore caters to everyone, including the children and the dumbest people on the planet.