Re:Apple Just Disabled Clearview AI's iPhone App for Breakin...
by henvic on Saturday February 29, 2020 @08:15PM
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The state was never about protecting people but protecting its masters (politicians, bureucrats).
It's a dangerous precedent to force distribution companies (in this case, Apple) to be able to decide to deny service to a vendor.
We want Apple to be able just to get rid of a bad actor.
Can people inside Apple theoretically abuse this power? Yes. However, it's way worse if Apple is forced to allow bad actors in the platform.
I'd say we might talk about better notarization approaches for app (mobile and non-mobile alike). However, getting rid of any notarization is a step backward.
It's a dangerous precedent to force distribution companies (in this case, Apple) to be able to decide to deny service to a vendor.
We want Apple to be able just to get rid of a bad actor.
Can people inside Apple theoretically abuse this power? Yes. However, it's way worse if Apple is forced to allow bad actors in the platform.
I'd say we might talk about better notarization approaches for app (mobile and non-mobile alike). However, getting rid of any notarization is a step backward.