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Right now the home privacy conversation is happening in the context of technology controlled by Apple and Google. These are huge companies that are sensitive t
by dkarl 8y ago
Right now the home privacy conversation is happening in the context of technology controlled by Apple and Google. These are huge companies that are sensitive to public scrutiny and criticism from high-profile media outlets, which creates the possibility for norms to be set in a positive way.
If every shady website has the ability to perform surveillance through personal devices, it will happen a lot. Because it happens a lot, people will get used to it. Once people are used to it, they will accept it. Once they accept it, it will be acceptable. Once it becomes acceptable, Apple and Google will do it. Once Apple and Google do it, it will be impossible for anyone to escape, short of becoming a digital hermit.
- oarsinsync 8y agoApple and Google both approach this in very different ways. Apple is generally default closed, while Google is generally default open. See the way iOS vs Android has developed, or the way Blink has developed since forking Webkit. Amusingly, the commentor you're replying to also agrees (while disliking it) in another thread[0]: > It's just too bad Apple has turned from an early adopter to a slow follower regarding Web API's In the sense of maintaining my privacy (and security!), I'm personally glad. I'd rather fewer features today in exchange for fewer privacy (and security) breaches tomorrow. Not that Apple's software QA has been great these days anyway... [0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19170251 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19170251