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Realistically? None. Apple was never actually the privacy protector it advertised itself to be, but it's still miles ahead of the Android ecosystem (and I say
by gamblor956 5y ago
Realistically?
None. Apple was never actually the privacy protector it advertised itself to be, but it's still miles ahead of the Android ecosystem (and I say this as a dedicated Galaxy user for the past decade).
Your choice is basically which company you trust more: Apple, or Google. They're both bad for privacy in different ways.
- Klonoar 5y agoThis has been repeated elsewhere but Hacker News seems to miss the point: Apple protects you fairly well from privacy in terms of advertising and corporate targeting. Apple cannot save you from a nation state actor. Arguably no company can.
- gigel82 5y agoI truly believe they're only doing that because they want to get into the ads business themselves, not out of the goodness of their hearts. It'll be at most 2-3 years before we get a big flashy announcement for "privacy respecting" ads from Apple. I'll eat my hat if that doesn't happen.
- vineyardmike 5y agoApple App Store ads already exist. They track if you click and ad and download the app. They just cut FB off from the ability to track if you clicked their ad and downloaded an app. Coincidence?
- kumarsw 5y agoI feel like the criticism for Apple here is a bit misplaced. Sure, they would be misleading consumers by touting end-end encryption when scanning has now moved to the user's device, but isn't the whole point of this to be compliant with the real villain here, the USDOJ?