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B-b-but Apple cares about privacy. They would never spy on you like the filthy Microsoft. That's why I brought an iPhone.
For all the problems of Steve jobs, he at least kept the company fairly honest in this sense. But the instant he died, Tim cook immediately rush ed to install PRISM backdoors into all their systems while still carrying the image of privacy.
Apples odd in that they are pretty protective of your personal information, as in they won’t sell it or lets 3rd parties come even remotely close to it, but have very little qualms in abusing it themselves.
Not even Google sells any of your data. They collect data and sell advertising spots but not the data itself.
Selling data only works as a business model if you cannot sell ad spots. That is why news websites have cookie banners with 1000 partners but Google, Facebook, Apple, et al. do not.
No, it's actually much worse than that
If they secretly let the government double dip, I don't think I want to trust any other claims they and their marketing makes.
Apple admits to secretly giving governments push notification data - Ars Technica
What are the odds that Google also claims it doesn't sell your data, it "shares" it.
But would you trust them?
Even Apple is going to listen to the government. They have done things to limit what they can tell them but most people don't use it. And to be fair so has Google it is why location data is now on device instead of on the cloud with Google.
All cloud operators are beholden to their governments.
I read that Apple was implementing ads in their maps software now. Quick search seems to confirm it. Below is a page blurb originating from Apple's domain.
My initial comment was just satire, but reading through the document I'm just... tired. This sort of analysis originates from America's intelligence organizations. It's not surprising that the technique's bled into private-business--it always happens. Intel. orgs. create a software solution that solves one of their problems and entrepreneurs within those organizations realize private-businesses have similar problems.
(I will state--because it's tangentially related--the matrix-protocol originates from individuals linked to mossad. I encourage users not to use matrix.)
Apples not odd. It's the same as every other technology corporation.
Are you referring to the historic link to Amdocs?
Ads don’t violate privacy.
Yes they do
Only personalised ads do. If someone pays to be shown ahead of competitors no matter who's doing the search, there's no personalization.
I would argue that it's bad in a different way. But also, I think non-targeted ads in the internet are very rare
If they were random, sure.
But they're not.
But can be a demonstration of a violation
Also can carry a dangerous payload.
I need to arrange a meeting with every apple user I know so I can remind them that they're Tim apple's wholly owned bitch, I told them so, and they fucking suck.
Can you also talk to my employer's IT department?
Yeah my employer updated their app to require Google services and their response to my concern was "sorry, you must sign up to be Google's bitch if you want to keep working here"
lol you're Google's bitch.
😮💨
how does it feel?
Like a bitch
damn. sucks to suck. sorry you did that to yourself with your job.
I mean… they did market this as having your personal context, so I don’t think it is a surprise. The idea is it’s not accessible to anyone but you.
me, and my rightful owners of course.
The data in this case is local on the device, but I agree it’s still an invasion of privacy
Is it? Remember when you couldn't launch an app on OSX because apple was down for some reason.
No I don’t remember that, but codesigning doesn’t require all of your data to be shared remotely, just a few encryption keys. Not even enough to know what exactly you are running (although it’s likely something from the App Store in which case they have records of what you bought or downloaded in the App Store of course).