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  • Apple 'poisoned the well' for client-side CSAM scanning, says former Facebook security chi...

    osmartormenajrosmartormenajr
    You know, in Brazil we have an expression: "Boasting to kill the jaguar, after it's already dead!" I doesn't really translates, but it really resonates with some of the reactions we've been seeing this past week. You know who doesn't give a damn? Regular Apple customers. You know, people with real jobs and life worries, that don't abuse children, and invest in Apple hardware because they think it is better than the competition's. They are also people that don't agonize about some very technical and narrow definition of privacy, particularly when it's been polluted by personal (ahem, monetary) interests, and when their own Congress is just about incapable of even following the most straightforward aspects of technology.

    Talk about an overblown "first world" problem.
    radarthekatspock1234scstrrfjony0Detnator

  • Apple's Tim Cook: EU big tech rules threaten iPhone security

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    crowley said:
    And yet the compromises Apple makes for China... curiously silent Tim?  The EU trying to make consumer-friendly rules to break up corporate power is a threat, but Chinese app censorship, data centre sharing agreements.... nothing to see here?   As long as the money keeps flowing, everything's right as rain.

    Give me a break.
    I've seen that point being thrown around a lot lately. Let's look at it from a different point:

    The People's Republic of China is anything but their first name. It is a monocratic regime that exercises so much control over the lives of its citizens, I couldn't even begin to wrap my head around that. To do business in China you have to appease the Chinese Communist Party pantheon. That is a verifiable fact. There is no way around. That is true for corporations and countries, and I've yet to see anyone of those getting down from their high horses and putting their wallet where their principled mouths are.

    On the other side we have the EU. Home to arguably the freest societies on this planet, and highest quality of living anywhere. The consumer tech market is absolutely dominated by US companies. That is due to historical factors, competence, and sometimes a bit of sleigh of hand. EU regulators are proposing protectionist measures, in a effort to boost their local tech industry, however misguided we may take their actions to be.

    Now, this argument is that Apple (and only Apple, for that matter) should be as lenient to the whims of a free society as they are to the edicts of a brutal regime. And that's because ... ? Every country and company in the world are—right now—turning a blind eye to the Chinese regime. That's because they buy a lot of our stuff, and we buy a lot of theirs.

    Now explain to me again how that makes Apple an hypocrite? Or any person, company or country buying Chinese products? Or anyone selling stuff to China? But yeah... let's thrash this or that company, for doing exactly what we all do, and support in one way or another, by action or inaction, every single day. It's called reality, you are welcome to join us anytime! It's not right, neither fair, but it IS. In the end of the day, we all need to make our money.

    It must be really cozy inside this little bubble of yours! Never needing to follow a chain of thought all the way through.
    thtwilliamlondonwatto_cobrajony0

  • Apple fires leader of #AppleToo movement

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    I don't know the specifics of either case, and I don't trust the blogosphere to present any unbiased report. Too much of a hard on for Apple as a prime headline for clickbait.

    That being said, I wonder in what world some people live in? If you bad mouth your employer to the press, you will get fired, period. Does anyone actually expect a different outcome?
    anonconformistdave3938williamlondon

  • It's time to drop apps that don't support Apple Silicon natively

    osmartormenajrosmartormenajr
    If your posts "keep getting deleted," it's not because we object to your opinion (which is clear based on the wide array of it on display here), it's because you violated a commenting rule. A link to them is conveniently posted at the bottom of every forum thread.

    It's time to review them, if this is you. Feel free to repost your opinion, without the rule-breaking part. 
    As far as I could tell, that would be rule 3: "Do not complain about typos, timeliness, newsworthiness, how something is covered, or relevance to AppleInsider. If you see typos or grammar issues or have other complaints we do want to hear about them, but please email us (news at appleinsider dot com)."

    That's because I've deemed this opinion piece wrong (or at the very list, very narrow sighted) and not newsworthy at all!

    But hey, what do I know??? I don't even have plans yet to replace my Intel MBP. Besides, Mathworks has already pledged native Apple Silicon support next year for MATLAB (a multi gigabyte professional application) that is working flawlessly in Rosetta (according to a limited sample I know). Following the proposed logic, perhaps the University where I teach "should stop using me", although that would be hard, being tenured and all.

    The whole thing is beyond childish...
    muthuk_vanalingamFileMakerFeller

  • Apple cancels Joseph Gordon-Levitt's 'Mr. Corman' after one season

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    Just my two cents: maybe don’t write, direct, produce, and protagonize something! I’m sure it isn’t lack of talent, but I can’t escape the thought that’s a bit arrogant that you could spread yourself so thin and hope for the best!

    I’ve learned as a child that stories have beginning, middle, and an end. If that still holds, Mr. Corman told no story at all!

    The only episode I’ve enjoyed was that with Hugo Weaving.
    williamlondon

  • Brazilian judge orders WhatsApp blocked for 72 hours over encryption row

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    roundaboutnow said:
    I suspect this will inspire more Brazilians to look into VPN apps.
    There are 29 apps on today's top app list on the Brazillian AppStore, 7 of them are VPN related!

    Dumb judge, doesn't understand what encryption is (like most judges all over the world!).

    What is more astonishing is that he fails to see that, if anything, these dumbass court orders are to Facebook's ultimate benefit: 1) Facebook, doesn't make a penny (directly, at least) from WhatsApp messaging, so the shutdown will cut server costs for a few days, or give the great opportunity for a complete system maintenance. 2) It's free press for the brand, where Facebook comes to the side of the consumer against an idiotic, inefficient and corrupt government (which again, is a global problem, but here is a bit more pronounced).