Re:Apple switches from Bing to Google for Siri web search on...
by bigbugbag on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @04:02AM
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1) focus on encryption is not the same as focus of strong crypto end to end encryption with forward secrecy.
2) anybody will look good compared to the worst offender
3) because it threatened their business model and profit (also see this[1])
4) I don't get how this protects privacy, not destroying something is only protection in mafia's lingo.
and the debunking list goes on too.
The idea that Apple does not care about user privacy come from the fact that apple does not care user privacy (also US laws such as patriot act and edward snowden revelations). The just like to keep it in their own hands because apple wants to keep control and customers locked in due to being a hardware seller.
[1]: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-03-20/the-behin...
Not sure where this idea came from, but this is so far from the truth it isn't even funny.
1) Focus on encryption everywhere.
2) Privacy controls built into iOS way sooner than Android ever had.
3) Fought (and won) against the FBI demanding a universal backdoor.
4) Developed on-device machine learning tech, even if it isn't as powerful as the collective, it protects users privacy.
5) Fully detailed white papers around iMessage security and encryption.
... and the list goes on. Saying things like that first sentence is just gross negligence to discussing and reporting on facts here on HN.