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It's not about just technical competency, but also about trust. Does Apple trust Slack to the degree that they're basically happy letting them in on all of thei
by burntoutfire 5y ago
It's not about just technical competency, but also about trust. Does Apple trust Slack to the degree that they're basically happy letting them in on all of their secrets? Currently the answer seems to be yes, which is somewhat surprising. Somehow Apple does not trust their own employees, but trusts unrelated third-party service providers.
- paxys 5y agoYes? Apple has thousands of vendors and suppliers, some of them their direct competitors (e.g. Samsung). A lot of them are in countries where Apple can't even enforce NDAs and protect their IP in fair courts. Trust is a fundamental aspect of doing business at that level.
- ProfessorLayton 5y agoTheir most successful product by far, the iPhone, was built by teams where the hardware people had no idea what the software looked like, and the software people had no idea what the hardware looked like. That's how secretive Apple has historically been. This is why it's surprising to read that they rely on the same 3rd party communications service many of us use daily.
- im3w1l 5y agoConsider your keyboard. It could be uploading everything you type somehwere. Stealing all your passwords and secrets. But heres the thing, such surveillance could be detected. You could check for radio emissions. You could crack it open. You probabaly wont, but you might. And your vendor will keep this in mind. When you upload all your data to someone else and hope they don't peek that doesn't apply anymore. If you have a hunch something is not right you can't do shit about it. And your vendor will keep this in mind.