Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody wants Apple and Google to make it clear which apps in their app stores are owned or have been developed by foreign companies.
and Google, Moody mentions the high-altitude spy balloons from China recently shot out of the skies by the U.S. military. She says that events like that underscore the need to add additional protections to mobile applications.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody wants a special designation to alert iOS and Android users about foreign-owned apps AG Moody writes,"We must ensure that consumers have the information needed to make informed decisions about their data privacy and security. The existing lack of transparency in app stores can create a significant risk for American citizens and could cause their personal information to be exploited by foreign entities of concern.
States such as Maryland, Texas, South Dakota, and Oklahoma have banned TikTok on government devices and The House of Representatives has ordered the removal of TikTok on phones used by lawmakers and staff. Another incident that scares Moody is the discovery of code from Russian company Pushwoosh that was found in thousands of App Store apps including ones from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , and the U.S. Army.
Moody's letter added that"Consumers deserve the highest level of transparency when choosing to download an application to their phones. This can be achieved by adding a foreign-owned and/or developed designation to applications related to these countries."
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