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Internet.org opened for third-party developers today, offering a clear path for any company that wants to build an app on top of the free-internet service, but the new openness comes with serious restrictions. The most obvious restriction is simple: Internet.org gets to manage and approve apps, akin to the Apple App Store. If you want to build an app that reaches Internet.org users, you’ll have build it according to Facebook’s rules, utilizing as little data as possible and staying away from bandwidth-intensive services like VOIP. But some of the new platform rules go far beyond the previous net neutrality concerns, including technical measures that rule out encryption like HTTPS for users connecting over the web.
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Internet.org opens to developers, but won"t support encryption over the web http://www.danieluk.net/news/internet-org-opens-to-developers-but-wont-support-encryption-over-the-web/ #Apple, #Facebook, #Internet
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