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Apple, along with Google and other companies, gives the government access to pretty much all of our data: https://www.theverge.com/2013/6/6/4403868/nsa-fbi-mine
by mkolodny 8y ago
Apple, along with Google and other companies, gives the government access to pretty much all of our data: https://www.theverge.com/2013/6/6/4403868/nsa-fbi-mine-data-apple-google-facebook-microsoft-others-prism https://www.theverge.com/2013/6/6/4403868/nsa-fbi-mine-data-...
- mrtksn 8y agoYep, that's why our data is a liability for them, thus they are trying to collect as less as possible. Which, is also the main argument of the OP for preferring Apple.
- mkolodny 8y agoApple gives the government a backdoor into your iPhone. So I'd argue that you don't have privacy when you use an iPhone, period. Same goes for any smartphone, really. I'd guess that Apple really collects less data because they want to preserve your battery life, not your privacy.
- asimpletune 8y agoSorry, how has Apple given the gov’t a backdoor?
- lev99 8y agoSource?
- Operyl 8y agoSources? I hear this way too often.
- clay_the_ripper 8y agoPlease provide a source or don’t post unsubstantiated comments.
- mkolodny 8y ago"Snowden: FBI Saying It Can't Unlock iPhone is 'Bullsh'" http://fortune.com/2016/03/09/snowden-fbi-apple-iphone/ http://fortune.com/2016/03/09/snowden-fbi-apple-iphone/
- mkolodny 8y agoThat comment was based on the title of the article I linked to above: "Secret program gives NSA, FBI backdoor access to Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft data". I assumed that PRISM data came from a "backdoor" it had to iPhones. There's no proof that PRISM data didn't come from a backdoor to iPhones. But there's no proof it did come from a backdoor either. So I'll take back that comment.
- kyrra 8y agoAs far as I'm aware, none of those companies knowingly gave that information over to the NSA. In Google's example, the NSA had tapped their inter-datacenter fiber lines to steal the data. That's why all inter-datacenter traffic at Google is always encrypted now.