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Apple on EU iOS changes: Has done its best but DMA makes users less safe

Apple is set to release iOS 17.4 to the public next week with a major update for EU users that...

Now ahead of the Digital Markets Act going into effect, Apple has shared the most up-to-date and comprehensive resource about all the changes and its approach and “efforts to protect user security and privacy in the European Union.” We learned back in January that Apple would be opening up iOS to third-party app stores in the EU for the first time due to the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The production and distribution of malicious software requires significant resources, and iPhone’s strong defenses have prevented these efforts from seeing meaningful return on investment, further lowering the device’s attractiveness as a target.

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