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> Marita Rodriguez, executive director of strategic partnerships at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which Apple is working closely with
by snowwrestler 5y ago
> Marita Rodriguez, executive director of strategic partnerships at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which Apple is working closely with on the scanning feature, sent a memo to the Apple employees working on this feature encouraging them to disregard concerns about the implications of this feature:
> “I know it’s been a long day and that many of you probably haven’t slept in 24 hours. We know that the days to come will be filled with the screeching voices of the minority.
> “Our voices will be louder.”
An external person put a phrase in one email they sent to some Apple employees. Hardly “Apple Discusses”. The headline seems like pretty obvious clickbait.
- drenvuk 5y agoI'll take the bait, these people are working towards a common misguided goal. why separate them?
- uncomputation 5y agoTo me, the tone of the emails implies there is some internal disagreement and this is more of a top-down mandate with the code monkeys having to pull all-nighters for something they may not agree with. Unless you expect the people implementing this to quit on moral grounds which seems unfair. It’s also worth noting the non-Apple representative (whose interests closely aligning with this godforsaken “feature”) has a much more contemptuous, hard-lined tone than the actual Apple VP.
- 908B64B197 5y ago"Just trust us lol" https://www.gawker.com/5636765/facebook-ceo-admits-to-calling-users-dumb-fucks https://www.gawker.com/5636765/facebook-ceo-admits-to-callin...
- bangonkeyboard 5y agoThe external note was attached to a team memo from Apple VP Sebastien Marineau-Mes, who introduced it with: "I wanted to share this note that we received today from NCMEC. I found it incredibly motivating, and hope that you will as well."