Close ad

The portal The Independent brought an interesting an interview with the head of security engineering and architecture of the company Apple Ivan Krstic. He explained why in the interview Apple they feel the need to invest so heavily in security. Krstić was particularly concerned with the possibility that Apple will make available iPhone third-party app stores and sideloading, due to upcoming regulation in the European Union.

Krstič said in an interview that users (not only in Europe) need to use special software here and there, which may be available to such users only outside App Store. In these types of scenarios, the end user would not actually have the ability to use the store Appyou. Instead, he would be forced to use a third party system - which you are talking about Apple thinks he will never be as safe as App Store. In Applu therefore have concerns about this possibility, which the company will have to enable. These were also expressed two years ago by the executive director Applu Craig Federighi. He referred to sideloading as “a cybercriminal’s best friend.” In an interview this year on WWDC However, Federighi admitted that Apple has no choice but to comply with EU regulations on sideloading and third-party app stores.

Furthermore, Krstić offered an interesting insight into the company's security practices Apple and the overall data breach, security and encryption industries. For example, Krstić touched on how Apple often gets into disputes with governments when it comes to protecting user data. "We don't see ourselves as standing against governments. That's not what our work is about. But we see a duty in ourselves to protect our users from threats, whether common or in some cases really serious.” You can find the entire interview here.

Today's most read

.