The Liberal government is uninstalling and banning apps from a pair of developers after finding they pose an 'unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security.'
Ehh. This is an issue of a whitelist vs blacklist approach, it’s not that nuts that the government would want to allow newer tech to be used by work devices as a default.
The military is very different and much more strict about this, the average civil servant is less sensitive.
Yeah, the fact that this wasn’t already happening points to incompetence. Or maybe the slow turning gears of governance.
I’ve been seeing similar headlines coming from the US over the past couple years, especially regarding Tik Tok and WeChat.
Still though, wild it has taken this long. Should have been a given that only domestically produced or heavily vetted apps make it onto government phones.
I’m surprised government devices aren’t already locked down to a right set of apps.
Ehh. This is an issue of a whitelist vs blacklist approach, it’s not that nuts that the government would want to allow newer tech to be used by work devices as a default.
The military is very different and much more strict about this, the average civil servant is less sensitive.
Yeah, the fact that this wasn’t already happening points to incompetence. Or maybe the slow turning gears of governance.
I’ve been seeing similar headlines coming from the US over the past couple years, especially regarding Tik Tok and WeChat.
Still though, wild it has taken this long. Should have been a given that only domestically produced or heavily vetted apps make it onto government phones.
Office suite, text, call, maps, browser should cover (almost?) all needs, no?
Pretty much. And it’s not like it’s out of their power(monetary) to have Apple/Google/etc. create bespoke phones specifically for government use.
No god damned government employee needs TikTok. Hell, they don’t even need Facebook. Keep that shit on your personal.