Secret talks that could have prevented the Apple vs. Facebook war

Re:Secret talks that could have prevented the Apple vs. Face... by smoldesu on Sunday August 21, 2022 @11:50AM (#32541343)

And how do you feel about the data that Apple collects and stores? Both companies are operated by scumbags who don't give a rat's ass about your personal privacy, it's a 'battle' in the sense that neither company can agree who should profit off of advertising.

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Re:Secret talks that could have prevented the Apple vs. Face... by JKCalhoun on Sunday August 21, 2022 @12:46PM (#32541939)

Apple, because of their proclaimed fealty to user privacy clearly have the most to lose if they should violate that bond.

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Re:Secret talks that could have prevented the Apple vs. Face... by Apocryphon on Sunday August 21, 2022 @10:43PM (#32546722)

Any company’s “proclaimed fealty” is just marketing copy!

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Re:Secret talks that could have prevented the Apple vs. Face... by smoldesu on Sunday August 21, 2022 @06:11PM (#32544983)

They already have. Apple complies with hundreds of thousands of federal data requests every year, they send messages back to HQ every time you launch an app, they help China hunt down religious minorities, they give the FBI access to iCloud data without a warrant, they collect a list of unique identifiers for every photo on your phone, and at the end of the day you're still vulnerable to exploits like Pegasus and RCE through iMessage image decoders.

If you think Apple hasn't violated that promise, you must have an extremely selective definition of privacy.

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