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If "security" is just Apple marketing, can we safely say "privacy" is just marketing too?

Maybe today things seem fine, but with declining sales, desperate companies are likely to do whatever it takes to make money. Doing something Anti-consumer is not new to Apple's core philosophy.




There was prism. Whenever people talk about Apple and privacy I wonder if they just ... forgot?

With prism the NSA can reach directly into live servers of American companies and get into the content, not merely metadata of conversations.

https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/201...


Probably. Apple aren't particularly pro-consumer, so why would they actually care about privacy enough to hurt their bottom line.

I'm sure they do care a bit, but it conveniently differentiates them and locks their customers in.

Hence, regulation. Lay down the rules, let the free market fight to the bone over who does it best.




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