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Here are some of Meta's ask according to Apple... https://developer.apple.com/support/downloads/DMA-Interoperability-Dec-2024.pdf https://developer.apple.com/s

• bilbo0s 2y ago
  Wow. I mean, where does a company get the balls to demand total access like this to the phones, networks and data of every phone in the US? These companies have zero fear of us as a people. (They have zero respect for us as well, but that's another issue.)
  • gruez 2y ago
    I'm not sure how you read the above list and got the impression that meta wanted "total access like this to the phones, networks and data of every phone in the US". "Connectivity to all of a user’s Apple devices" probably means mDNS access for device discovery, rather than root access on all devices or whatever. Same for "Wi-Fi networks and properties". They probably want a list of wifi networks so they can connect to them, rather than low level access so they can run packet captures or whatever. Yes, even the limited access described above presents privacy issues, but there's no need to be hyperbolic and characterize it as "total access".
    • VertanaNinjai 2y ago
      “Probably” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. I’m not sure why Meta deserves the benefit of the doubt with a horrible privacy track record as shown in multiple judicial districts throughout the globe.