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It's widely reported that Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were using their whole shenanigans to blackmail powerful people. This Apple "tech" will eventual
by busymom0 5y ago
It's widely reported that Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were using their whole shenanigans to blackmail powerful people. This Apple "tech" will eventually fall in such people's hands and make it even easier for them to get blackmail material.
We have already seen plenty of examples of SWATTING gone wrong where online trolls call fake threats to the police so law enforcement responds and ends up killing innocent people. What's to say this won't happen with this privacy violation too where someone pranks others?
This along with the obvious abuse potential by governments to silence protests, political and cultural movements is a very dangerous edge of the sword. It's very similar to the censorship debate. When the wind blows in the wrong direction (and it eventually will), people will complain. But by then, it will be too late. Just like the patriot act.
Also I find it disgusting how pointing out the obvious dangerous precedent of such privacy/free speech/spying violations gets labelled as "child porn sympathizer" / "racism sympathizer" / "terrorist sympathizer".
I would expect such privacy violating tech to come out of likes of Facebook or Google before Apple which claims to market itself as the privacy pioneer. How did this get through top people at Apple without someone stopping to say "Hey, this might not be a good idea" is beyond me.
Their site still says:
> "What you share from those experiences, and who you share it with, should be up to you."
https://www.apple.com/privacy/ https://www.apple.com/privacy/