We’ve seen that @HouseCommerce is once again looking at the App Store Freedom Act. While we are thrilled to see the committee focus on consumer protection, which we see as essential to building trust in the digital economy, this bill misses the mark. As we’ve previously noted, the App Store Freedom Act, and similar proposals such as the Open App Markets Act (OAMA) essentially copies Europe’s failed Digital Markets Act (DMA) – and undermines core consumer safeguards designed to protect user privacy, safety, and security. These proposals would allow for unsafe alternative app stores that have as much as 50 times more malware and opens up risky payment options that do not have the basic protection necessary to protect users against malicious actors. They also require key smartphone security safeguards to be disabled in order to allow other third parties unprotected access to core features like the content of private notifications, near unrestrained access to almost everything on your phone, and access to almost anything a bad actor might want. Proposals like this degrade trust at a time when it is needed more than ever. Read more here: trustedfuture.org/how-congre…