Congressman Wants Apple to Increase Security Over Foreign-Linked Apps


Rep. Stephen Lynch, chairman of the House subcommittee on national security, sent separate letters to Apple and Google, wanting assurances these companies could warn users about apps with foreign ties.

At a minimum, Apple and Google should take steps to ensure that users are aware of the potential privacy and national security risks of sharing sensitive information with applications that store data in countries adversarial to the United States, or whose developers are subsidiaries of foreign companies.

Apple can only do so much. They probably can’t check the source code of every app to see if it contains Chinese spying code. And what about U.S. spying code?

Check It Out: Congressman Wants Apple to Increase Security Over Foreign-Linked Apps

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  1. geoduck Subscriber 6 years ago

    Apple can ONLY do so much
    ?

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