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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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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 7

    Aral Balkan Retweeted Mikko Hypponen

    “Apple believes privacy is a fundamental human right*” * in the West, where privacy is our competitive advantage (see https://ar.al/notes/apple-vs-google-on-privacy-a-tale-of-absolute-competitive-advantage/ …). In China, we readily disallow VPN apps & give the Chinese government access to people’s iCloud data. There, fixed it for you, @Apple.https://twitter.com/mikko/status/982529766099243008 …

    Aral Balkan added,

    Mikko Hypponen @mikko
    After the Facebook privacy scandal, Apple’s iOS 11.3 upgrade shows this message to every user. pic.twitter.com/eY2CekrJeV
    1:56 AM - 7 Apr 2018
    • 108 Retweets
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    • Ring7FastTrack DeepTechLA Knurek Zizz Vonnegut Matthias Robert Dyer 𝙰𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚞𝚜𝚣 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚔 Radosław Jastrzębski Aila Blomberg
    5 replies 108 retweets 194 likes
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      2. oded yaron عوديد‏Verified account @oyoyoy Apr 7
        Replying to @aral @Apple

        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

        2 replies 3 retweets 7 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 7
        Replying to @oyoyoy @Apple

        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.

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      4. JudgeJoolz‏ @teknomad Apr 7
        Replying to @aral @oyoyoy @Apple

        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.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. oded yaron عوديد‏Verified account @oyoyoy Apr 7
        Replying to @teknomad @aral @Apple

        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

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 7
        Replying to @oyoyoy @teknomad @Apple

        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).

        1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes
      7. JudgeJoolz‏ @teknomad Apr 7
        Replying to @aral @oyoyoy @Apple

        Thanks @aral . I've visited http://indienet.info . Curious; how is this funded?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 7
        Replying to @teknomad @oyoyoy @Apple

        Good question and one to ask every project you encounter :) We’re supported by the City of Ghent (funded from the commons) for the Indienet project, we fund ourselves via sales of @betterblocker, and donations from individual patrons just about cover our hosting fees :)

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. JudgeJoolz‏ @teknomad Apr 7
        Replying to @aral @oyoyoy and

        Thanks again. Purchased @betterblocker . Would also gladly subscribe as a patron, so please advise how best to do this :-)

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Friedrich 해민 Markgraf‏ @fzwob Apr 8
        Replying to @aral @UMAD @Apple

        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.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 8
        Replying to @fzwob @UMAD @Apple

        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 ;)

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Friedrich 해민 Markgraf‏ @fzwob Apr 8
        Replying to @aral @UMAD @Apple

        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.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. math‏ @otherlovers Apr 7
        Replying to @aral @Apple

        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.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. allo‏ @_allo Apr 7
        Replying to @otherlovers @aral @Apple

        https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-apple-icloud-insight/apple-moves-to-store-icloud-keys-in-china-raising-human-rights-fears-idUSKCN1G8060 …

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. math‏ @otherlovers Apr 7
        Replying to @_allo @aral @Apple

        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.”

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. allo‏ @_allo Apr 7
        Replying to @otherlovers @aral @Apple

        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

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. math‏ @otherlovers Apr 7
        Replying to @_allo @aral @Apple

        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.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. allo‏ @_allo Apr 7
        Replying to @otherlovers @aral @Apple

        No of course not, china demands such things and blocks some services which do not comply. The main problem is the chinese government.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. allo‏ @_allo Apr 7
        Replying to @_allo @otherlovers and

        Organisations like amnesty international just demand the big players to ignore the requests so china cannot afford to block all services.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. allo‏ @_allo Apr 7
        Replying to @_allo @otherlovers and

        And then the companies like apple, google, microsoft and many more need to consider if they insist on human rights or prefer more users.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. ædiot ★彡‏ @delevrything Apr 7
        Replying to @aral @Apple

        "strong encryption does not deter apples ability to provide law enforcement with metadata and other useful categories of information"

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