Apple Opposes India's Plan to Access iOS Source Code

[ProbablyDylan]

This feels like it should be a political thread.

But yeah, I mean, this is sensible to oppose. I wouldn't want to give away my chocolate chip cookie recipe.

 

[seek3r]

We will have domestic production for the US

Oh? Where? What factories do you see opening?

 

[starkjs]

as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to boost security of user data following increases in online fraud and data breaches in the country.

That is not a technology issue, but a people issue. Even with the source code, you can't stop people doing the wrong thing. That can only be fixed by education.... If you want to stop fraud, remove the path allowing the fraud, telcos should be blocking misuse of mobile numbers and not allowing spam SMS. Users should not be able to click on a link to a domain that is fraudulent.... where is the law and tech stopping these dodgy domains from even being registered?

There is a good use for AI - get it to start taking these dodgy domains down....

 

[svish]

Expecting some form of agreement to be reached and that Apple is not forced to share the source code.

 

[haemolysis]

lol… this is wild and definitely going to be a huge IP issue.

That said, more independent security screening is somewhat better. You can’t trust a first party Apple, who obfuscates source code, and says “trust me bro.” That’s not security. That’s a scam.

But the problem will be when India finds bugs and instead of reporting them… uses them for a backdoor.

 

[tranceme]

Hilarious. Let me hand over the source to our flagship product in the country notorious of IP theft.