the most amazing thing abt Cook's interview is that he is a 100% like Zuckerberg. He simply has a different model. "I think it's creepy, and horrible and oi oi oi" Would you do something abt the apps? Hold ur horses. It's not on me Regulation? God no. Trust in the market
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Exactly. Tim Cook might find himself with a business model that, in some markets at least, allows him to be a more benevolent king but he is, nevertheless, a king. And kings have far more in common with each other than they do with you or me. Here’s to a future without kings.
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Which is exactly why I’m thinking of returning to a dumb phone (maybe Blackberry) just for basic comms. I’ll then hold and backup my data locally with an encrypted copy offsite.
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A few years ago I would have said it's impossible and not worth it. nowadays... It's not easy, but it has great benefits
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I don’t see going backwards in time as a viable option, we must go forward in a different direction. This is what we’ve just started working on supported by the City of Ghent: https://indienet.info (that’s the developer docs site so technical but has a project overview).
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It has been established that this was prompted by GDPR, ie legislation and regulation. Apple could’ve done this for years. They chose not to until they had to.
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Hey Friedrich, if you get a chance, read my post on the subject (linked in the original tweet). They have a more powerful business model/competitive advantage driver. GDPR actually adds to this advantage in the EU. They’re a multibillion-dollar company; follow the money ;)
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Oh I agree GDPR plays to their strengths. It’s still telling that they chose to wait until the last possible moment, and of course they don’t openly admit the welcome screens are for GDPR compliance.
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Hi Aral, do you mind providing a source on China’s access to iCloud data? I know accounts moved to Chinese managed servers but my understanding is they are still encrypted.
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Still doesn’t say anything about access to people’s iCloud data. Just says it will be co-managed. “Apple says the joint venture does not mean that China has any kind of “backdoor” into user data and that Apple alone – not its Chinese partner – will control the encryption keys.”
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Apple is moving data and keys to china after a request of the chinese government. Nobody will (be allowed to) tell you the rest of the story
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Understood. I assume this isn’t specific to apple though. I believe any foreign company wanting to do business in China must comply? Luckily Apple allows users to change the location of their iCloud account which should keep their data safer.
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No of course not, china demands such things and blocks some services which do not comply. The main problem is the chinese government.
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Organisations like amnesty international just demand the big players to ignore the requests so china cannot afford to block all services.
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And then the companies like apple, google, microsoft and many more need to consider if they insist on human rights or prefer more users.
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"strong encryption does not deter apples ability to provide law enforcement with metadata and other useful categories of information"
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