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It actually a pretty normal feature of modern society to trust institutions or businesses not to take advantage of particular powers they have. The problem her
by cageface 6y ago
It actually a pretty normal feature of modern society to trust institutions or businesses not to take advantage of particular powers they have.
The problem here is that Apple disallows user override, as the article explains. It's like asking that you trust your government but also allow yourself to be physically constrained from rising up and rebelling against it. And you're not only trusting Apple you're trusting whatever goverment Apple is accountable to where you live.
I'm ok with trusting Apple or Google for vetting most of the apps I have on my phone but I'm absolutely not ok with them restraining me from overriding their decisions when necessary.
- zepto 6y agoGoogle allows overrides, so nobody is forcing you to do anything you don’t want to do.
- cageface 6y agoThis is exactly why I use an Android phone.
- zepto 6y agoWhy do you care what Apple does then?
- fwn 6y agoSurveillance is rarely about the individual avoiding one specific mechanism and instead mostly about its subtile influence on society (like chilling effects, the reshaping of power structures, the shift of dependencies, etc.) We should therefore care about increased surveillance even though we personally can avoid some specific measures. We wouldn't question someones concern about climate change just because they live in some Russian perma frost region either. Both are global issues.