News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin. Parent comment

Re:Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian e... by leesalminen on Friday September 17, 2021 @09:48AM (#28565436)
Every cloud service that holds your photos in a non-e2ee way (read: Google, FB, et. Al.) scans your photos. They’re all afraid of the .gov accusing them of holding illegal content.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian e... by iakov on Friday September 17, 2021 @10:18AM (#28565784)
This again.

None of them do that on my device, that I paid with my money. No cloud service wastes my CPU cycles and batteries to report me to authorities.

It's apples to oranges, sorry for the pun. Please stop comparing what Google, MS and Dropbox do to what Apple planned to do.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian e... by leesalminen on Friday September 17, 2021 @10:31AM (#28565926)
I can relate to that, for sure. I also dislike the idea of having my personal property used to spy on me. The battery impact, the potentially degraded performance, and the overall creep factor. I dislike it all.

However, that was not what the parent stated. They said "Apple scan your photos.", to which I replied everyone else does as well. Because they do.

[ Parent | on HN ]