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Shouldn't people demand more and more privacy protections? It's not like these changes solve the problem. Since Apple is managing so much data, they must keep i

Shouldn't people demand more and more privacy protections? It's not like these changes solve the problem. Since Apple is managing so much data, they must keep it secure and give users the ability to maintain privacy and confidentiality, even with respect to Apple itself. I think the goal post has stayed pretty constant, Apple just keeps moving in a zig-zag pattern that occasionally involves backward steps.

bdominy 4y ago
In my experience having released an E2EE contact info sharing app, most people don't think about privacy protection and they won't tolerate much inconvenience to add them. So the more a large company supports efforts to mainstream E2EE, the better it is for everyone.
brookst 4y ago
> Shouldn't people demand more and more privacy protections? Yes! > It's not like these changes solve the problem. Perhaps because it is impossible to 100% solve the problem? A lot of people, me included, are just tired of the endless litany of "50% secure is not secure! 75% secure is not secure! 90% secure is not secure! 99% secure is not secure! 99.9% secure is not secure! 99.999% secure is not secure!" There is no 100%. Hearing the same level of outrage over a 0.001% gap that we heard over a 50% gap is just fatiguing. Especially in this audience, everyone knows there is no such thing as verifiable perfect security. Asymptotic progress towards that is interesting; decrying the latest improvement as no better than no security at all just feels... IDK, lazy.