Mobile security has long depended on tight control over how apps and services interact with a device. A new paper from the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law warns that this control may weaken as the European Union’s Digital Markets Act pushes mobile platforms to open core functions to outside developers. Mobile protections are now under strain.
Mobile security has long depended on tight control over how apps and services interact with a device. A new paper from the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law warns that this control may weaken as the European Union’s Digital Markets Act pushes mobile platforms to open core functions to outside developers. Mobile protections are now under strain. The report explains that the DMA requires large platform providers to support free interoperability with mobile hardware and software features.