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minus-squareXLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·15 days agoHow things change. Once upon a time, Apple stood up to the FBI’s demands. Now they’re caving to an implication in an authoritarian foreign country.
minus-squareMac@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·15 days agoApple pretended to stand up to them a couple times in high-profile cases for optics. They were helping them all along.
minus-squareLytia @lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 days agoThere is, AFAIK, zero proof to back up your claim.
minus-squareXLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoEven if true, I think I prefer when Apple was normalizing standing up to surveillance, instead of being the first to endorse it.
minus-squareLytia @lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 days agoYeah, I agree. I just wanted to call them out because FUD has never once helped the privacy community, and I’m tired of people strawmanning big tech and making the comm look bad.
minus-squareIceFoxX@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 days agohttps://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2018/01/16/apple-and-the-fbi-are-closer-than-you-think/ https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/01/16/apple-educating-fbi-other-police-on-accessing-data-from-iphones-macs-icloud Lol…
How things change.
Once upon a time, Apple stood up to the FBI’s demands. Now they’re caving to an implication in an authoritarian foreign country.
Apple pretended to stand up to them a couple times in high-profile cases for optics. They were helping them all along.
There is, AFAIK, zero proof to back up your claim.
Even if true, I think I prefer when Apple was normalizing standing up to surveillance, instead of being the first to endorse it.
Yeah, I agree. I just wanted to call them out because FUD has never once helped the privacy community, and I’m tired of people strawmanning big tech and making the comm look bad.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2018/01/16/apple-and-the-fbi-are-closer-than-you-think/ https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/01/16/apple-educating-fbi-other-police-on-accessing-data-from-iphones-macs-icloud
Lol…