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iOS 'sideloading' app-security warnings should be proportionate to risk, Epic expert tells Australian court

By Saloni Sinha ( May 28, 2024, 09:09 GMT | Insight) -- An Epic Games security expert has told an Australia antitrust trial that the warnings appearing when a user attempts to download apps from an alternative source should be proportionate to the risk. In the eleventh week of the antitrust trial that has pitted developer Epic Games against Apple and Google over their app-store policies, security expert Anil Somayaji told the court that while warnings appearing when a user attempts to download apps from an alternative source could be appropriate, their use should be balanced against the actual risk.An Epic Games security expert has told an Australia antitrust trial that the warnings appearing when a user attempts to download apps from an alternative source, which create “install friction,” should be proportionate to the risk....

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