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Apple's 'incredibly private' Safari is not so private in Europe (www.theregister.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Apple's grudging accommodation of European antitrust rules by allowing third-party app stores on iPhones has left users of its Safari browser exposed to potential web activity tracking.

Developers Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk looked into the way Apple implemented the installation process for third-party software marketplaces on iOS with Safari, and concluded Cupertino's approach is particularly shoddy.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

If you'd read the article, you'd have realized it's specifically because of a bad implementation by Apple of their URI scheme for handling links.

They're literally suggesting users use Brave over Safari because it isn't susceptible to cross-site scripting in the same way.

They urge iOS users in Europe to use Brave rather than Safari because Brave's implementation checks the origin of the website against the URL to prevent cross-site tracking.

This is anything but Apple propaganda. It's literally calling Apple out on a huge failure of their own design.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My comment was in jest.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Then I retract my statement and hope you have a good day.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Let’s agree on that 🤝 and thanks for the explanation anyway 🫡