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The technical community was labeled the "screeching voices of the minority".

jodrellblank 5y ago
Not by Apple, much as the media would love to have you think otherwise. The 'screeching' description comes from Marita Rodriguez, executive director of strategic partnerships at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, in a memo to Apple employees. [Edit, since I can't reply anymore because I'm "posting too fast"] I didn't say you thought that personally; in a sub-thread about Apple senior execs applying negative labels to people, and this being one of the most insulting labels applied, I think it's important to note that this label came from somewhere else. (and maybe important to note "the technical community" were not labelled "screeching voices"; the memo said "the air will be filled with the screeching voices of the minority". It didn't say "everyone who disagrees is a screeching voice"). [1] https://www.howtogeek.com/746588/apple-discusses-screeching-voices-of-the-minority-in-internal-memos/ https://www.howtogeek.com/746588/apple-discusses-screeching-...
- zekrioca 5y ago
  It is interesting how you thought that I thought the label came from Apple, even though I did not mention it. The key point is that the label did come from the collaboration that Apple engaged in.
- SheinhardtWigCo 5y ago
  An Apple software VP forwarded the memo to engineers, saying: > I wanted to share this note that we received today from NCMEC. I found it incredibly motivating, and hope that you will as well. https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/06/apple-internal-memo-icloud-photo-scanning-concerns/ https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/06/apple-internal-memo-icloud-ph...
- simondotau 5y ago
  > [Edit, since I can't reply anymore because I'm "posting too fast"] This means you've had your account sanctioned by Dang. You might want to send him an email and offer him your most profuse and sincere apology for whatever it is you did to anger him.

Not by Apple, much as the media would love to have you think otherwise. The 'screeching' description comes from Marita Rodriguez, executive director of strategic partnerships at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, in a memo to Apple employees. [Edit, since I can't reply anymore because I'm "posting too fast"] I didn't say you thought that personally; in a sub-thread about Apple senior execs applying negative labels to people, and this being one of the most insulting labels applied, I think it's important to note that this label came from somewhere else. (and maybe important to note "the technical community" were not labelled "screeching voices"; the memo said "the air will be filled with the screeching voices of the minority". It didn't say "everyone who disagrees is a screeching voice"). [1] https://www.howtogeek.com/746588/apple-discusses-screeching-voices-of-the-minority-in-internal-memos/ https://www.howtogeek.com/746588/apple-discusses-screeching-...

zekrioca 5y ago
It is interesting how you thought that I thought the label came from Apple, even though I did not mention it. The key point is that the label did come from the collaboration that Apple engaged in.
SheinhardtWigCo 5y ago
An Apple software VP forwarded the memo to engineers, saying: > I wanted to share this note that we received today from NCMEC. I found it incredibly motivating, and hope that you will as well. https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/06/apple-internal-memo-icloud-photo-scanning-concerns/ https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/06/apple-internal-memo-icloud-ph...
simondotau 5y ago
> [Edit, since I can't reply anymore because I'm "posting too fast"] This means you've had your account sanctioned by Dang. You might want to send him an email and offer him your most profuse and sincere apology for whatever it is you did to anger him.