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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Frizull‏ @frizull 2 Jun 2015

      @aral Not sure if you've seen this yet, but I think you'll yell multiples of "YES, EXACTLY !" at the screen: http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/02/apples-tim-cook-delivers-blistering-speech-on-encryption-privacy/ …

      4 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Jun 2015
      Replying to @frizull

      “We believe that people have a fundamental right to privacy… morality demands it.”—@tim_cook http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/02/apples-tim-cook-delivers-blistering-speech-on-encryption-privacy/ … Via @frizull

      11:04 PM - 2 Jun 2015
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      • Consider Miranda Björn Rixman Damn! Pepe! Susan Sternberg Jeroen Caro Stenstrom Dennis DeRien 🎻 Gry Hasselbalch #ISTANBULTHEMES #TheOriginal
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        2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Jun 2015
          Replying to @aral

          “[Google, FB, are] gobbling up everything they can learn about you and trying to monetize it. We think that’s wrong.”—@tim_cook

          5 replies 14 retweets 17 likes
        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Jun 2015
          Replying to @aral

          @tim_cook (And, if you’d like to see it, I’d like to show you the post-Cloud, post-Web platform we’re building, starting on OS X.)

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        2. Stephan Engberg‏ @Engbrg 2 Jun 2015
          Replying to @aral

          @aral Sure - and Apple is the one you should trust to control your data, on your behalf @tim_cook @frizull Don´t confuse privacy and lock-in

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Jun 2015
          Replying to @Engbrg

          @Engbrg Apple is closed & has lock-in, yes. They also have an absolute competitive advantage on privacy. https://aralbalkan.com/notes/apple-vs-google-on-privacy-a-tale-of-absolute-competitive-advantage/ … +@tim_cook

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        4. Stephan Engberg‏ @Engbrg 2 Jun 2015
          Replying to @aral

          .@aral Hope @tim_cook pays you well for this. If @Apple care about privacy, lets see them eat pudding where it hurts - Health, Siri, IBeacon

          5 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
        5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Jun 2015
          Replying to @Engbrg

          .@Engbrg Google, FB, etc. are in the business of selling people; Apple is in the business of selling products. Huge difference. +@tim_cook

          4 replies 5 retweets 6 likes
        6. Stephan Engberg‏ @Engbrg 2 Jun 2015
          Replying to @aral

          @aral, you risk burning all the social credit accumulated.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Jun 2015
          Replying to @Engbrg

          .@Engbrg I couldn’t care less about accumulating social credit. I call it like I see it and my only allegiance is to what I feel is right.

          0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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        1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Jun 2015
          Replying to @aral

          @tim_cook I’ll be at WWDC next week; would love to chat for a few minutes on privacy, independent tech, & Apple if you aren’t fully swamped.

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        2. Stephan Engberg‏ @Engbrg 2 Jun 2015
          Replying to @aral

          @aral Don´t get taken on a ride like this - lots of useful idiots out there, you are not one of them @tim_cook @frizull

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        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Jun 2015
          Replying to @Engbrg

          @Engbrg Does https://ind.ie/manifesto  or https://ind.ie/you-are-the-product … sound like I’m being taken for a ride? :) +@tim_cook

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Stephan Engberg‏ @Engbrg 2 Jun 2015
          Replying to @aral

          .@aral Actions matter - fact is @tim_cook is not designing with privacy, merely using privacy as a marketing stunt

          0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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        1. Stephan Engberg‏ @Engbrg 2 Jun 2015
          Replying to @aral

          .@tim_cook & @Apple just trying to create an even scarier enemy while eg #IBeacon track you http://blog.cubeacon.com/creating-microlocation-in-ibeacon-backend-as-a-service.html … @aral @frizull #Privacy?

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        1. Stephan Engberg‏ @Engbrg 2 Jun 2015
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          Only one minor problem - @apple is not even thinking about Privacy by Design - they could, but don´t @aral @tim_cook @frizull

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        1. Stephan Engberg‏ @Engbrg 2 Jun 2015
          Replying to @aral

          Encryption and perimeter security is not privacy - mostly a cover-up for the opposite #Siri, #iTunes #ibeacon @aral @tim_cook @frizull

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