News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on More telcos confirm Salt Typhoon breaches as White House weighs in. Parent comment

Re:More telcos confirm Salt Typhoon breaches as White House ... by Spooky23 on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @09:55PM (#42563604)
Apple and Google care about this because they handle more customer data and require more customer trust than most companies.

People were shitting a brick over a pretty minor change in photo and location processing at Apple. That’s because they don’t screw up like this.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:More telcos confirm Salt Typhoon breaches as White House ... by int_19h on Thursday January 02, 2025 @03:07PM (#42578260)
The point is that Apple specifically goes out of the way to avoid having customer data in the first place.

(Google, on the other hand, is the opposite.)

But, as far as I can tell, the only reason why Apple does this is because privacy these days can be sold as a premium, luxury feature.

[ Parent | on HN ]