Imagine a state requested application tracks location and sends that up (yeah, need is little as devices can be tracked over cell towers relatively good) when installing they'd certainly require permissions to be set accordingly.
Also from Apple's perspective it's about the brand. They don't want to have preloaded crap on a fresh device, where the user can't distinguish whether it comes from Apple or the state.
If Apple imposes the same restrictions as any other app - that an app doesn’t get location data without the user’s consent - it’s not different than what any other app on the store can do.
If the law requires to install some software, the law certainly requires to install them in a "working" fashion. Maybe lawmakers miss this in the first iteration. Second iteration however will contain this.
And then Apple could put up a huge warming “This app tracks your location. You can delete this app by doing X”. The proposed law will allow an app to be deleted by end users. Apple puts all sorts of scary warnings on certain apps - they did that for a year to 32 bit apps.
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It's not only about integrity of the phone.
Imagine a state requested application tracks location and sends that up (yeah, need is little as devices can be tracked over cell towers relatively good) when installing they'd certainly require permissions to be set accordingly.
Also from Apple's perspective it's about the brand. They don't want to have preloaded crap on a fresh device, where the user can't distinguish whether it comes from Apple or the state.
If Apple imposes the same restrictions as any other app - that an app doesn’t get location data without the user’s consent - it’s not different than what any other app on the store can do.
If the law requires to install some software, the law certainly requires to install them in a "working" fashion. Maybe lawmakers miss this in the first iteration. Second iteration however will contain this.
And then Apple could put up a huge warming “This app tracks your location. You can delete this app by doing X”. The proposed law will allow an app to be deleted by end users. Apple puts all sorts of scary warnings on certain apps - they did that for a year to 32 bit apps.