Well, I'm saying that we should probably ignore Apple when they say[1] stuff like "At Apple, we believe privacy is a fundamental human right." My cynical readi

Well, I'm saying that we should probably ignore Apple when they say[1] stuff like "At Apple, we believe privacy is a fundamental human right." My cynical reading would be "At Apple, we're going to compromise on what we believe to be a fundamental human right, to make a few bucks, and if in the process we happen to have a positive impact on some dictatorial regimes, that would be cool too". >Overt disobedience to the regime is rarely a good option for companies operating at global scale. To be sure, it is never a good option. People have tried to sue the Chinese government, unsuccessfully so far. Nobody is denying that the chinese government has a horrible human rights record too. >It will get your employees declared criminals in large areas of the planet, and it can literally get your customers killed. Are we still talking about Apple in China? I don't know which customer was killed, or which employee was declared a criminal.. -- [1] https://www.apple.com/privacy/ https://www.apple.com/privacy/