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Apple is trying to prevent familial and household abuse where people install invasive software on devices of household members to spy on them or otherwise take
by natch 3y ago
Apple is trying to prevent familial and household abuse where people install invasive software on devices of household members to spy on them or otherwise take away their privacy and freedoms.
What solution would
you suggest? Just look the other way?
- toyg 3y agoLol, this excuse is a new variation on "think of the children", I had not seen it in the wild before. Apple is just trying to keep support costs low and extractive prices high. Everything else is fanboyish rationalisation.
- madeofpalk 3y agoI'm otherwise indifferent to alternate browsers/engines on iOS, but this is a complete fiction. You made this up just to prop up your personal preference.
- natch 3y agoNope, Apple has been saying this for years.
- ThatPlayer 3y agoThe same solutions that prevents people from going to "scamwebsite.com" to steal their credit card information and ask for social security numbers. That's already an issue with a web browser like Safari is it not? The same solutions we use for kids: parental controls that do not allow them to install new apps or give permissions like location permissions to apps. iOS already supports this.
- natch 3y agoYour idea of parental controls does not address the case where the parent is prone to spy on and do an honor killing of their own child, to state just one example scenario. This happens in some cultures. Apple can’t prevent all abuse obviously but it doesn’t want to be on the side of helping the abuser.
- 63stack 3y agoDisregarding the fictional/"but think of the children" nature of this for a second, apple airtags can also be used for nefarious reasons/invasion of privacy, would you advocate banning them from the market, or are you going to look the other way?
- Scoring6931 3y agoDon't worry. Apple already installs spyware on their devices for the Chinese market. It's called iCloud.