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Google and Apple's marketing teams must be relishing this. I'm guessing it's very dangerous in their departments right now with the champagne corks flying every
by mullingitover 12y ago
Google and Apple's marketing teams must be relishing this. I'm guessing it's very dangerous in their departments right now with the champagne corks flying everywhere.
- eli 12y agoI doubt that. I'm sure they anticipated this response, but I think you greatly underestimate how many people subscribe to the "nothing to hide" theory of privacy and/or are genuinely worried this might aid pedophiles or terrorists.
- Ntrails 12y agoI can't see how you'll see a backlash against the companies on the move, if only because there's no real competition and no value in being "the phone the authorities can easily monitor" The worst case scenario is that they get large amounts of press (not all positive), fight for the rights of their users to have private data, and lose to a government they never expected to defeat. That's still a win.
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- fnordfnordfnord 12y agoThere is value in not being the pedo/terror phone. That's one of the traditional attacks on information privacy.
- ghshephard 12y agoWell, until the law gets changed and they have to allow government access to the smartphones. I've giving it better than 70% odds legislation is passed within 4 years that ensures just that.