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Re:Project Fuchsia: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor... by ilikehurdles on Thursday July 19, 2018 @01:53PM (#17568773)
Would be nice if there were a competitor mobile platform to iOS that wasn't built from the ground up to sell you advertising based on personal data. I guess Blackberry was the last mobile OS that didn't need to know every detail of my pissing habits.
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Re:Project Fuchsia: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor... by scj on Thursday July 19, 2018 @02:59PM (#17569318)
Blackberry gave the RCMP a global decryption key[0], then defended the practice[1]. Given the chance, they probably would have sold out their users as well.

[0] https://news.vice.com/article/exclusive-canada-police-obtain...

[1] http://blogs.blackberry.com/2016/04/lawful-access-corporate-...

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Re:Project Fuchsia: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor... by elithrar on Thursday July 19, 2018 @02:48PM (#17569242)
Sure, but Blackberry - specifically, the BBM service - had no qualms about setting up intercepting proxies with governments when pressured.
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Re:Project Fuchsia: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor... by iainmerrick on Thursday July 19, 2018 @03:32PM (#17569545)
I take it you have a different problem with iOS? It seems to be pretty good on privacy, at least.
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Re:Project Fuchsia: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor... by ilikehurdles on Thursday July 19, 2018 @04:09PM (#17569810)
Nope, I like competition, and until I see some I'll stick with iOS. They're way better on privacy than others.
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