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First of all, i feel that saying “people don’t understand” is insulting. Second, the fact that everyone is now a suspect by default (instead of targeting speci
by DavideNL 5y ago
First of all, i feel that saying “people don’t understand” is insulting.
Second, the fact that everyone is now a suspect by default (instead of targeting specific individuals), is a very concerning development.
Just imagine Tim Cook retiring and being replaced by someone like Donald Trump. All the tools are now in place to start misuse.
On the other hand, it seems they did built a great tool, preserving privacy while still scanning Photos locally.
I just feel it’s wrong to use this on all (innocent) people.
- sneak 5y agoThe tools are already in place for misuse. iPhones autoupdate by default, so Apple can push new malicious privacy-invading software to your device at any time without your intervention. Each update, even if done manually, re-enables autoupdate, requiring that you go turn it off. Apple is really into being able to run whatever code they want on your device without your intervention.
- DavideNL 5y agoSure, but by that reasoning, any system that has updates is by definition 100% insecure, and nothing else matters anymore… The world is not just black and white.
- sneak 5y agoUnattended autoupdate is indeed insecure, as the Solarwinds hack nicely illustrated. When the vendor can execute arbitrary code on your machine without intervention, that's effectively a backdoor of any/all kinds.