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0 pointsCaptSpify7y ago0 comments

They have been loud, but it remains to be proven. The truth is that we don't really know what they do with our data.

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Telling the FBI to bugger off when they came and asked apple to crack their own encryption isn't enough of an example, exigent as it may very well be, whatever your personal opinions of due process are?

gowld7y ago

No? Facebook and Google also refuse to crack their own encryption, but are still privacy concerns.

CaptSpifyOP7y ago

I'm extremely glad they did that, and I absolutely give them credit for it. But it only proves that they were willing to stand up to the FBI. It doesn't prove anything else about how they handle your data and privacy. I'm not saying that they abuse it, I'm just saying that we don't know what they do.

thecosas7y ago

All we can do is look at the information so far and it indicates they care about privacy: https://www.apple.com/privacy/ and more specifically https://www.apple.com/privacy/government-information-request...

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briandear7y ago

Is there ANY evidence that they don’t do what their privacy policy says they do?

CaptSpifyOP7y ago

Since I can't edit my last reply, and I misread this originally: No, I don't have any evidence that they do. Nor am I saying that they violate their privacy policy. I'm simply saying that we don't know what they do with their user's data.

CaptSpifyOP7y ago

Yeah, there is: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-apple-icloud-insigh...

GeekyBear7y ago

That is proof that Apple follows local laws. Just like every other American company doing business in China.

For instance, Microsoft.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/china/china-overview-...

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gcb07y ago

from downvotes on this, gotta love the fanboys take on those issues.

> > app steals user data

> jusy deny gps access or never install it

and then