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  • France fines Apple over App Tracking Transparency, but doesn't order changes

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    avon b7 said:
    ihatescreennames said:
    It’s all very strange considering ATT is a feature that allows users to protect their privacy, which can be turned off BTW, and the EU is siding against that (the fine) but also saying Apple needs not make any changes. It seems the EU is on the side of invasive tracking by third parties, which runs counter to their claims of user privacy. 
    This isn't about the EU but France and, as stated in the article, it isn't about siding with anything against ATT but the implementation of ATT. 
    Yes, France, my mistake. 

    Still, reading at other sites, the issues seems to be that France disagrees that ATT should (in plain language) ask a user if the user wants to give an app permission to track them since the app should be asking themselves. 

    As others have pointed out, the existing law didn’t raise much concern but ATT made big waves, see Facebook losing money after ATT and being upset but not making a peep before that when apps were supposed to be giving that choice to users on their own. 

    From that stance it seems the existing privacy laws were fairly toothless since no companies had been complaining much with them, but when Apple implemented a system that actually worked those companies quickly became vocal about how unfair user privacy is. 
    watto_cobra

  • France fines Apple over App Tracking Transparency, but doesn't order changes

    ihatescreennamesihatescreennames
    It’s all very strange considering ATT is a feature that allows users to protect their privacy, which can be turned off BTW, and the EU is siding against that (the fine) but also saying Apple needs not make any changes. It seems the EU is on the side of invasive tracking by third parties, which runs counter to their claims of user privacy. 
    watto_cobra

  • Apple may escape big fine after iPhone browser selection screen changes

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    I read somewhere a few months ago that if you choose Safari you have to choose it again after every OS update, but if you choose a different browser that one will persist after an OS update. Safari is the only choice that will require you to choose it over and over via the browser selection screen. I haven’t experienced that myself as I’m not in the EU. 

    Another thing I don’t fully understand is why this is necessary when, from what I understand, Chrome has a much higher browser percentage than Safari does. Seems odd to force the choice screen when users obviously already know they have options. 
    williamlondonfreeassociate2watto_cobra

  • Crime blotter: Teenaged Apple Store robber agrees to pay security guards

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    gustav said:
    tokyojimu said:
    In the US you are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Until then you are a suspect.
    You are right, of course, when we are talking about courts. This isn’t a court case and words have meaning. 

    noun | a person thought to be guilty of a crime or offense: the police have arrested a suspect.

    per-pe tra•tor l noun a person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act: the perpetrators of this crime must be brought to justice.

    In this case, the perpetrator of the crime made a FaceTime call and proved they did it. There is no suspicion here. 

    We only know what the media tells us. The evidence could end up being fake, or it could end up being a case of mistaken identity, etc. It's dangerous to label someone a criminal or perpetrator when we only have a third hand account of evidence. Just ask Richard Jewell (google him)
    Read the rest of the paragraph:

    ”Ultimately, the victim was able to ping the iPad and notify officers of the suspect's location, leading to his arrest, although he did resist it. He was charged with vehicle theft, possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of stolen property, burglary and resisting arrest with violence.”

    The perpetrator was charged with crimes. He isn’t a suspect. Richard Jewell (who I don’t need to google) WAS a suspect. He ended up not being charged because there was no evidence that he did it. That’s where the word “suspect” makes sense. This is not one of those cases. 
    ronnmacguiwatto_cobra

  • Crime blotter: Teenaged Apple Store robber agrees to pay security guards

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    Sorry, there’s no edit option on my phone since the forums updated. That noun is for the word “Suspect”.
    watto_cobra