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

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    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.
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  • Doctor ignores default iOS parental controls, child racks up $1,800 in in-app purchases

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    I wouldn't let this dipshit treat me for ingrown nails... it is really dumb that he went and got his name and picture published. My kids (4 and 7 years old) come to me full of regret when they accidentally just try to make a purchase, because they know they'd have to talk to me first, before I get the "Ask to buy" notification. It's not difficult to teach young kids to be responsible about money.
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  • UK celebs call for tax on iPhones & Macs to help fund creative arts

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    So it's a "Go fund me!" campaign writ large?!?! Let me answer:

    "Go fund yourself!"
    TheObannonFileikirzeus423BeatsFileMakerFellerdoozydozen

  • Apple tells Epic judge to consider Supreme Court NCAA decision

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    lkrupp said:
    There are NO experts commenting on any tech blogs anywhere, especially Apple blogs that are dominated by fanboys, haters, shills, and paid trolls. Actual experts wouldn’t have the time or inclination to post on a blog like AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5 Mac, etc. The anonymity of the internet allows anyone to present themself as an expert on a topic. 

    The reverse of the old cliche is the real truth. Almost NOTHING you read on the internet is true. Most of what you read on the internet is complete bullshit..
    Said the guy with a ludicrous avatar and almost 10 thousand posts...
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  • 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.
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