Whose Smartphone Is It? Should two private companies have complete control over the world's cellphones?

The author discusses his thoughts about the dominance of high technology firms Apple and Google in the smartphone industry, particularly the control that the companies have over smartphone operating software. He examines the introduction of the Exposure Notification contact tracing framework during...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 64; no. 9; pp. 41 - 43
Autor principal: Larus, James R.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Sep2021
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Sumario:The author discusses his thoughts about the dominance of high technology firms Apple and Google in the smartphone industry, particularly the control that the companies have over smartphone operating software. He examines the introduction of the Exposure Notification contact tracing framework during the COVID-19 pandemic and the control exercised by Apple and Google, the importance of application programming interfaces (APIs), and issues of privacy and privacy protocols.