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> At Apple, we believe privacy is a fundamental human right. It is established knowledge that Apple has been for a very long time (and remains) a partner of th
by benevol 9y ago
> At Apple, we believe privacy is a fundamental human right.
It is established knowledge that Apple has been for a very long time (and remains) a partner of the NSA's PRISM mass surveillance program.
- danpalmer 9y agoNot willingly so. Apple appears to be doing as much as it legally can to get around that fact, such as in providing end to end encryption on iMessage.
- benevol 9y agoThe claim that you have privacy when you buy an Apple product is still a lie. If you buy tech from one of the US big corps, you simply have no more privacy. That is a simple fact.
- Gaelan 9y ago[citation needed]
- bigbugbag 9y agoIt can't do much legally. If Apple was serious about protecting privacy it would move operation to a different place where law actually still offers some privacy protection.
- alien_at_work 9y ago>If Apple was serious about protecting privacy it would move operation to a different place where law actually still offers some privacy protection. Do you appreciate what your asking? You're honestly saying if they do something this radical then they're "not serious about privacy"?
- bigbugbag 9y agoErm, there's a misunderstanding here. I'm saying they cannot be considered as being serious about protecting privacy because they operate from a country that has anti-privacy law. If they did move to a country with privacy protection then privacy protection could be considered possible.
- Karunamon 9y agoPRISM is an endpoint for companies to upload data in response to court orders. The alternative would be that they have to provide the same data but employ an army of engineers to manually scrape the results together. I’m not convinced this is somehow more virtuous than doing it automatically. The warrant was signed, Apples hands are tied either way.