Apple and Google leverage privacy conferences to lobby against EU DMA interoperability rules
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George Colville
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George Colville recounts witnessing a panel at a Brussels privacy conference where, instead of a technical discussion on secure AI deployment, Apple and Google representatives used the platform to advance their anti-DMA lobbying narrative. The article argues that both tech giants are framing the EU's Digital Markets Act interoperability requirements as privacy and security risks to protect their walled-garden business models, rather than engaging in genuine technical debate about how to implement interoperability safely.
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· 3 pulledI recently witnessed something quite remarkable at a privacy conference in Brussels.
Instead of a discussion about design choices and technical privacy and security protections, I found myself subjected to a pass
As the EU opens mobile ecosystems under the DMA, Apple and Google are framing interoperability rules as privacy and security risks
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