Apple Says US Bill Would Make App Store Less Secure, But Its Critics Aren’t So Sure
Congress members download apps from a special secure site.
The US House app catalog, created using VMWare Inc’s cloud-based software, used by members of Congress to download apps.
Photographer: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/BloombergApple Inc. says an antitrust bill aimed at cracking open the app-store market will make iPhones less secure — even though Congress and some large firms already have Apple-approved tools that let them bypass the App Store.
Although Apple says it’s the only company that can offer a secure App Store, the iPhone maker has long allowed members of Congress and large firms to bypass its strict controls and use alternatives to install third-party apps. The practice isn’t widely known, and is at odds with Apple’s opposition to the bill designed to break its mobile app-store duopoly with Alphabet Inc.’s Google.