Comment by fidotron
7 days ago
The same European intellegentsia that is progressively forcing Apple to tear down the walled garden simultaneously fails to understand that this is exactly why they had it in the first place:
> You’re not affected if (and only if) . . . > You browse on desktop computers or use iOS (iPhones)
At the very least they should step back and allow companies to enforce safeguards because they clearly lack the understanding or foresight to do so effectively.
The simple way for the EU to beat Meta is to stop being so cheap: break the WhatsApp dependency by actually paying properly for something that has a decent UX and doesn't track you. If you aren't willing to do this you will be exploited over and over again. TANSTAAFL
Is there anything in those EU directives that requires browsers to let webpages connect to localhost? Because that's the main issue here. And also maybe apps should need permission to listen on ports or connect to localhost, but I doubt the regulation prevents that either.
On https://localmess.github.io/, they think that this is technically possible on iOS too, and the main reason it wasn't done there is due to restrictions on apps running in the background.
This is nothing new that has been opened up because of those regulations.
It is kind of funny that EU may well require these kinds of vulns to be present, while reacting with outrage when used.