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Yeah, in this case, I think it's clear that if GPS data was attached, user adoption would be ruined. The most important thing is to get absolutely as many peop
by fooey 6y ago
Yeah, in this case, I think it's clear that if GPS data was attached, user adoption would be ruined.
The most important thing is to get absolutely as many people possible using the technology.
Besides, for their own selfish reasons, neither Google or Apple want to be so blatantly attached to something that could be so easily abused.
- thelittleone 6y agoOk so devils advocate here. Google and Apple need to advocate privacy for reasons. But they also want to help the government (PRISM example). So they carefully craft a bug that only government knows about and that allows the extraction of location data. If ever discovered it was not intentional. The NSA backdoor at RSA is an example [1]. [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-nsa-rsa/exclusive-nsa-infiltrated-rsa-security-more-deeply-than-thought-study-idUSBREA2U0TY20140331 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-nsa-rsa/excl...