Re:Apple's New Privacy Page
by bibbitybobbity on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @11:44AM
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I don't think privacy works when I don't trust Apple period. They have done shady anti consumer things like decreasing battery life. This feels like lip service till I see implementation details(and even then I want to see the code).
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Re:Apple's New Privacy Page
by StevenRayOrr on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @11:59AM
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When you say "implementation details", do you mean things like their Safari Privacy White Paper[0], their Photos Tech Brief[1], their Location Services White Paper[2], or their Apple Sign On White Paper[3]?
[0]: https://www.apple.com/safari/docs/Safari_White_Paper_Nov_201...
[1]: https://www.apple.com/ios/photos/pdf/Photos_Tech_Brief_Sept_...
[2]: https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/Location_Services_White_P...
[3]: https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/Sign_in_with_Apple_White_...
Re:Apple's New Privacy Page
by thanatos_dem on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @12:10PM
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No no no, they mean things that confirm their biases.
Re:Apple's New Privacy Page
by t-writescode on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @12:01PM
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By decreasing battery life, do you mean decreasing performance so the battery doesn’t prematurely die? I think most of us admit they could have relayed it to users better; but, what they did was far from nefarious.
If you mean something else, I’m curious.
They throttled the phones with bad batteries so the peak energy usage doesn’t exceed what the battery can provide and shuts down the phone. But unfortunately people just remember the click bait headlines.
>They have done shady anti consumer things like decreasing battery life.
I was under the impression they throttled devices with poor batteries to _increase_ battery life.