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You are not our product (Apple)

2 points by plg 12y ago

orionblastar 12y ago
I seem to recall a story about a man who got arrested because she asked Siri how to hide a dead body. http://www.businessinsider.com/murder-suspect-asks-siri-where-to-hide-dead-body-2014-8 http://www.businessinsider.com/murder-suspect-asks-siri-wher... Somehow the Police were notified that this man asked Siri how to hide a dead body. I'd say that Apple does collect some sort of data on the user. The gives it to the police in case of crimes. NSA Backdoors? https://prism-break.org/en/categories/os-x/ https://prism-break.org/en/categories/os-x/ Apple, Google, and Microsoft are allegedly a part of PRISM. Their proprietary operating systems cannot be trusted to safeguard your personal information from the NSA. We have two free alternatives: GNU/Linux and BSD. https://prism-break.org/en/categories/ios/ https://prism-break.org/en/categories/ios/ iOS and WP are proprietary operating systems whose source code are not available for auditing by third parties. You should entrust neither your communications nor your data to a black box device. That is open for debate.
- DerekL 12y ago
  That Business Insider post about the Pedro Bravo case is false. It was widely reported that Bravo asked Siri "I need to hide a dead body". But actually, he just had a screen shot of Siri. It was in the cache of the Facebook app on his iPhone. Here's the story that BI refers to: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/florida-man-accused-of-killing-his-roommate-asked-siri-where-to-hide-the-body-9665437.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/flo... The Independent eventually corrected their story, but Business Inside didn't bother to. Here's some other stories: Media mistake goes viral: Pedro Bravo did not use Siri to search for spots to hide a body http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140813/ARTICLES/140819792?tc=ar http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140813/ARTICLES/1408197... No, Pedro Bravo Didn’t Ask Siri Where to Stash His Roommate’s Body http://www.wuft.org/news/2014/08/13/no-pedro-bravo-didnt-ask-siri-where-to-stash-his-roomates-body/ http://www.wuft.org/news/2014/08/13/no-pedro-bravo-didnt-ask... Murder accused DIDN'T ask Siri 'how to hide my roommate' http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/14/siri_how_can_i_dispose_of_a_corpse/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/14/siri_how_can_i_dispo...

2 points by plg 12y ago

I seem to recall a story about a man who got arrested because she asked Siri how to hide a dead body. http://www.businessinsider.com/murder-suspect-asks-siri-where-to-hide-dead-body-2014-8 http://www.businessinsider.com/murder-suspect-asks-siri-wher... Somehow the Police were notified that this man asked Siri how to hide a dead body. I'd say that Apple does collect some sort of data on the user. The gives it to the police in case of crimes. NSA Backdoors? https://prism-break.org/en/categories/os-x/ https://prism-break.org/en/categories/os-x/ Apple, Google, and Microsoft are allegedly a part of PRISM. Their proprietary operating systems cannot be trusted to safeguard your personal information from the NSA. We have two free alternatives: GNU/Linux and BSD. https://prism-break.org/en/categories/ios/ https://prism-break.org/en/categories/ios/ iOS and WP are proprietary operating systems whose source code are not available for auditing by third parties. You should entrust neither your communications nor your data to a black box device. That is open for debate.

DerekL 12y ago
That Business Insider post about the Pedro Bravo case is false. It was widely reported that Bravo asked Siri "I need to hide a dead body". But actually, he just had a screen shot of Siri. It was in the cache of the Facebook app on his iPhone. Here's the story that BI refers to: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/florida-man-accused-of-killing-his-roommate-asked-siri-where-to-hide-the-body-9665437.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/flo... The Independent eventually corrected their story, but Business Inside didn't bother to. Here's some other stories: Media mistake goes viral: Pedro Bravo did not use Siri to search for spots to hide a body http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140813/ARTICLES/140819792?tc=ar http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140813/ARTICLES/1408197... No, Pedro Bravo Didn’t Ask Siri Where to Stash His Roommate’s Body http://www.wuft.org/news/2014/08/13/no-pedro-bravo-didnt-ask-siri-where-to-stash-his-roomates-body/ http://www.wuft.org/news/2014/08/13/no-pedro-bravo-didnt-ask... Murder accused DIDN'T ask Siri 'how to hide my roommate' http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/14/siri_how_can_i_dispose_of_a_corpse/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/14/siri_how_can_i_dispo...