“They want to make iPhone users the target of malware, ransomware and scams”

Antitrust laws are taking a step forward in the United States, and in a letter from Timothy Powderly Apple has made his opinion known.

Since the middle of last year An antitrust law is in the making in the United States, and of course said law would bring great changes to the Apple App Store if applied. For this reason, Apple has sent a response in a recent letter to Senators Dick Durbin, Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee, assuring that the changes that would come with this antitrust law would bring devastating changes for privacy and security.

The letter was published by 9to5Mac, and was written by the Senior Director of Government Affairs for the Americas, Timothy Powderly, who has detailed in the letter his opposition to the “Open App Markets Act”, as well as the “Open App Markets Act”. of Innovation and Online Choice of the United States. What’s more, In said letter, Powderly assures that Apple has already communicated its concerns., and comments that those from Cupertino assure that these new laws could “harm competition and discourage innovation”, but that these laws will also endanger the privacy and security of US users.

Apple wants to keep its ecosystem closed and secure

The “Open App Markets Act“has now progressed to the last stage before becoming a royal law, and in Timothy Powderly’s published letter we read the following:

“After a tumultuous year that saw multiple controversies surrounding social media, long-ignored allegations of child endangerment, and ransomware attacks that hit critical infrastructure, it would be ironic if Congress responded by making it that much harder to protecting the privacy and security of Americans’ personal devices. Unfortunately, that’s what these bills would do.”

In the same letter, Apple assures that thanks to advanced technology and manual revision by human beings, the security of its App Store has increased quite drastically. However, allowing the installation of third-party applications without any control on iPhone devices would certainly undermine the security protections that Apple has implemented on its devices. After all, those from Cupertino are one of the companies that give the most importance to digital security.

Apple has requested that legislators not pass these laws. Instead, those of Cupertino prefer that these projects be reviewed and modified to strengthen the welfare of consumers, “especially with regard to consumer protection in the areas of privacy and security“.

In previous years Tim Cook has made comments like “If you want to install any app, use Android, if you want privacy and security, use iPhone”. Now, however, this new law could leave Apple at the same level of security as its competition. We have recently seen how the South Korean government has forced Apple and Google to offer alternative payment methods within the App Store and Play Store, and it seems that it will not be long before this law is also applied in the United States.

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