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Another case of a headline not being supported by the story: “ Reuters could not determine why exactly Apple dropped the plan. “Legal killed it, for reasons y
by djrogers 7y ago
Another case of a headline not being supported by the story:
“ Reuters could not determine why exactly Apple dropped the plan.
“Legal killed it, for reasons you can imagine,” another former Apple employee said he was told, without any specific mention of why the plan was dropped or if the FBI was a factor in the decision.”
And further on:
“ However, a former Apple employee said it was possible the encryption project was dropped for other reasons, such as concern that more customers would find themselves locked out of their data more often.”
So 4 of the 6 sources were speculating (FBI), and one actively admits they don’t know the reason, but the lede says 6 sources confirmed this. Hmmm...
- chias 7y agoIn fairness, the title does not say that Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups because FBI complained :P
- slimginz 7y agoI know you're being cheeky and pedantic, but that's exactly the spin the title was trying to go for in order to get clicks. While not "technically" wrong, it's still pretty dishonest imo.
- wheelie_boy 7y ago"Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after release of 'National Treasure 2', starring Nicholas Cage"
- chias 7y agoI would read the hell out of that article.
- make3 7y agoam HN mod should change the title
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- playpause 7y agoI disagree. I read "after" in the headline to succinctly imply that there are reasonable grounds to suspect a causal link between these events, while acknowledging that such a link has not been admitted by Apple (otherwise it would be "in response to"). It's true this kind of wording is often used in low quality journalism to float the idea of a causal link when there is no good reason to suspect one, but this is not one of those cases.
- kyralis 7y ago> However, a former Apple employee said it was possible the encryption project was dropped for other reasons, such as concern that more customers would find themselves locked out of their data more often. This. It's also the reason why photos are not E2E encrypted on iOS: Apple really doesn't want to be in the position of saying "sorry, you lost all your data" or "sorry, it's sad that Grandma just died, but all of her photos are gone and there's nothing you can do about it."