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Would be nice if there were a competitor mobile platform to iOS that wasn't built from the ground up to sell you advertising based on personal data. I guess Bla
by ilikehurdles 8y ago
Would be nice if there were a competitor mobile platform to iOS that wasn't built from the ground up to sell you advertising based on personal data. I guess Blackberry was the last mobile OS that didn't need to know every detail of my pissing habits.
- antpls 8y agoAndroid, iOS and other competitors will have to comply with EU regulations about data privacy. They can build OSes with ads in mind, but it has to comply with laws anyway.
- elithrar 8y agoSure, but Blackberry - specifically, the BBM service - had no qualms about setting up intercepting proxies with governments when pressured.
- scj 8y agoBlackberry gave the RCMP a global decryption key[0], then defended the practice[1]. Given the chance, they probably would have sold out their users as well. [0] https://news.vice.com/article/exclusive-canada-police-obtained-blackberrys-global-decryption-key-how https://news.vice.com/article/exclusive-canada-police-obtain... [1] http://blogs.blackberry.com/2016/04/lawful-access-corporate-citizenship-and-doing-whats-right/ http://blogs.blackberry.com/2016/04/lawful-access-corporate-...
- iainmerrick 8y agoI take it you have a different problem with iOS? It seems to be pretty good on privacy, at least.
- ilikehurdles 8y agoNope, I like competition, and until I see some I'll stick with iOS. They're way better on privacy than others.