Apple's statements about privacy, combined poor end-user control and openness (transparency), are an interesting dichotomy. Usually I associate privacy with the

Apple's statements about privacy, combined poor end-user control and openness (transparency), are an interesting dichotomy. Usually I associate privacy with the latter two. What does it mean without them? 1) To what degree can you trust the systems without openness? Maybe what Cook thinks is valuable data, adequate confidentiality, or acceptable risk, is not what you think. On the other hand, few people actually review the security of FOSS systems. 2) To what degree can you have confidentiality without controlling the system and data? Maybe tomorrow an update will expose your data because you're doing something Apple didn't anticipate or approve. On the other hand, from a system administrator's perspective, it's much easier to secure systems that the sysadmin manages and controls than systems controlled by the users.