NemWan

Will this make it easier for governments around the world to affect censorship of satellite imagery?

Given the universality, importance and challenges with routers in personal privacy and security, and the advantages of making it easy to solve those needs, why doesn't Apple see itself as a player here? Why does Apple think someone other than Apple should be doing this? Doesn't Apple realize that an inferior router — or a router they don't control the security specifications of — threatens the user experience with Apple products?

securtis said:

I've seen this coming for years. If they want the Chinese market and also the Indian (Indian govt. will eventually force aadhar support) they will have to bend for this stuff. It's inevitable. It'll be interesting to see how they deal with this because their security is one of their main marketing advantages. If they do bend in China but not to the US I'll be ready to leave apple. They likely make the terrorists jobs a lot easier through their obstructionist ways. 

I couldn't disagree more. Our devices are only going to become more connected and essential to who we are. Someday what's in a phone will be in a cybernetic upgrade to the brain. We need to set a precedent now that the encrypted information in a personal device is no more accessible against a person's will than the contents of their mind. Otherwise we are looking at a future where terrorists are a far lessor threat than governments that have near omniscience about their citizenry and where the individual has no political power whatsoever.

volcan said:

tallest skil said:

koop said:

…a service that appears to be tantamount to speech on the internet…

Did you mean free speech? Never mind that Twitter censors and blocks speech it doesn’t like already.

As they should to protect their brand.

Then how is Trump still on there?

SpamSandwich said:

He's doing pretty well. I still say he'll be entering politics as the next part of his career path.

I don't see a career that says he is driven to seek power or enjoys the political game. Everything he's done along those lines happened because of things he'd wish hadn't happened. Being CEO? He'd rather Steve Jobs was still alive. Anti-discrimination? He'd rather there was no discrimination. Fighting the FBI over the encryption on a terrorist's iPhone? He'd rather that hadn't happened.

At Apple he can do what he thinks is right and win. In politics he can do what he thinks is right and lose. There may be a lot of people who try to persuade him to go into politics but I suspect he'd need a lot of persuading. I think he wouldn't do it if it's not something he needs to do.