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Apple banning Facebook's info-sucking research app

51 points by ardy42 8y ago

ardy42 8y ago
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3427520-apple-banning-facebooks-info-sucking-research-app https://seekingalpha.com/news/3427520-apple-banning-facebook... > "Facebook has been using their membership to distribute a data-collecting app to consumers, which is a clear breach of their agreement with Apple," Apple says. "Any developer using their enterprise certificates to distribute apps to consumers will have their certificates revoked, which is what we did in this case to protect our users and their data.”
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sarcasmatwork 8y ago
Facebook trying to see how low and far they can go before people or other companies object. Good job Apple.
CydeWeys 8y ago
WTF is Facebook doing? They've been making bone-heading privacy-destroying decisions for at least a decade now, but it somehow seems like it's gotten worse recently even as they've increasingly been coming under scrutiny? Isn't this the opposite of how a rational actor should be responding? Or are they figuring since they're already taking the heat for it, they might as well continue doing it?
- eeeeeeeeeeeee 8y ago
  Facebook has yet to face any real consequence for their actions, so they persist. This isn’t ever going to change until governments do their job and take protecting the population they are sworn to protect as a serious part of their jobs.
slenk 8y ago
Will Facebook just get another enterprise certificate though and do it all over again? Facebook's track record makes it seem like they will. This also doesn't help those on Android; I know it's not illegal, it's still shady as most user have no idea what they are agreeing to.
- eeeeeeeeeeeee 8y ago
  It doesn’t sound like getting a new cert is an easy task, it’s not a fully automated process from the sound of it. I wish Apple would revoke all of their certificates and show they are deadly serious about protecting user privacy.
amaccuish 8y ago
Since this is marked as dupe, where is the original?
- sctb 8y ago
  Current discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19033451 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19033451, which includes a link to the previous thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19031055 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19031055.

51 points by ardy42 8y ago

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3427520-apple-banning-facebooks-info-sucking-research-app https://seekingalpha.com/news/3427520-apple-banning-facebook... > "Facebook has been using their membership to distribute a data-collecting app to consumers, which is a clear breach of their agreement with Apple," Apple says. "Any developer using their enterprise certificates to distribute apps to consumers will have their certificates revoked, which is what we did in this case to protect our users and their data.”

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sarcasmatwork 8y ago

Facebook trying to see how low and far they can go before people or other companies object. Good job Apple.

CydeWeys 8y ago

WTF is Facebook doing? They've been making bone-heading privacy-destroying decisions for at least a decade now, but it somehow seems like it's gotten worse recently even as they've increasingly been coming under scrutiny? Isn't this the opposite of how a rational actor should be responding? Or are they figuring since they're already taking the heat for it, they might as well continue doing it?

eeeeeeeeeeeee 8y ago
Facebook has yet to face any real consequence for their actions, so they persist. This isn’t ever going to change until governments do their job and take protecting the population they are sworn to protect as a serious part of their jobs.

slenk 8y ago

Will Facebook just get another enterprise certificate though and do it all over again? Facebook's track record makes it seem like they will. This also doesn't help those on Android; I know it's not illegal, it's still shady as most user have no idea what they are agreeing to.

eeeeeeeeeeeee 8y ago
It doesn’t sound like getting a new cert is an easy task, it’s not a fully automated process from the sound of it. I wish Apple would revoke all of their certificates and show they are deadly serious about protecting user privacy.

amaccuish 8y ago

Since this is marked as dupe, where is the original?

sctb 8y ago
Current discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19033451 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19033451, which includes a link to the previous thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19031055 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19031055.