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Posted:

2:26 AM PST * December 19, 2024
[185582845]Image Credits:Justin Sullivan

  * Natasha Lomas

  * Natasha Lomas

Apple and Meta go to war over interoperability vs. privacy

Apple and Meta are warring in Europe over the balance between
interoperability and privacy, Reuters reports.

The fight focuses on the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA),
a competition regulation that requires designated gatekeepers
(including Apple and Meta) not to restrict rivals' access to core
platform services. In Apple's case, this means iOS, iPadOS, App
Store, and Safari. But its concern here seems mainly focused on iOS.

The iPhone maker has made no bones about its distaste for the DMA,
but its latest attacks take aim at Meta, rather than the pan-EU law
itself -- likely as EU enforcers are actively considering how the DMA
interoperability requirements should apply to Apple.

On Wednesday, Apple revealed that Meta has made more interoperability
requests (15) than any other company, suggesting it's seeking
far-reaching access that could be bad for users' privacy and
security.

Were it to grant all the requests, Apple warned that Meta's apps
(Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Threads, and WhatsApp) could allow
Meta to "read on a user's device all of their messages and emails,
see every phone call they make or receive, track every app that they
use, scan all of their photos, look at their files and calendar
events, log all of their passwords, and more."

The social media giant hit back by accusing Apple of concocting
privacy excuses "that have no basis in reality" to try to thwart
access.

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