Apple Letter on iPhone Security Draws Muted Tech Industry Response

Re:Apple Letter on iPhone Security Draws Muted Tech Industry... by PeCaN on Thursday February 18, 2016 @01:02PM (#11127765)

I feel the same way. I don't actually like iOS that much, and historically I haven't liked Apple for their human rights issues, but seeing that they relatively consistently take a stand on privacy is making me consider switching.

I don't mind the extra cost that much if I can be assured that the phone is the actual product the company is making money from—not by selling ads targeting me.

The problem is that Android phones are so much better now (IMO of course). :/

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Re:Apple Letter on iPhone Security Draws Muted Tech Industry... by iamdave on Thursday February 18, 2016 @01:13PM (#11127858)

Agreed to both, I have a Macbook and that's the only apple product I own (sans mouse and keyboard of course), and I'll almost certainly NEVER use that finger print function on a device connected to the cloud (ostensibly), but I've kind of softened up towards maybe having an iPhone seeing the way Apple straight up tells the government "not just no, but hell no" regarding access to consumer data.

Yet....I love my S6 too damn much

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Re:Apple Letter on iPhone Security Draws Muted Tech Industry... by ignoramous on Thursday February 18, 2016 @02:24PM (#11128521)

Android M is fraught with issues (memory leakage, battery drain). Looks like the QA at Android HQ missed a trick or two before signing off this release.

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