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Tim Cook to talk Facebook, 'Tim Apple,' more in interview airing Monday
Firstly your first sentence clearly shows you did not properly read what I posted, and your second comment lacks any validity unless you can unequivocally provide proof that these third parties were easily accessed due to poor security.
Wrong on both statements. In fact, even wrong about Amazon & Google. NONE of these companies were hearing/listening to everything you say without your knowledge. Google & Amazon were sharing the recordings that occur after you say "Hey Google", or "Alexa". They were sharing them with contractors in 3rd world countries, and were easily accessed due to poor security. They never notified the user they might do that. Apple was only sharing some personally unidentifiable recordings after the activation phrase "Hey Siri". Apple actually notified the user in the activation process or user agreement, and the user agreed to it. It was buried, but it was there. And Apple improved and made it opt in for future activations/OS versions.Peza said:Whilst I think personally that Zuckerberg would quite literally sell your soul for profit if he could get it, I think Apple is just about THE most hypocritical company on the planet when it comes to criticising them over ‘privacy’.They publicly criticised Google and Amazon for listening to recordings captured from their devices to improve their AI services, of which Amazon I know warned you off, only for it to be leaked Apple had been doing the EXACT same thing without telling anyone, with Siri hearing everything you say without your knowledge.They also had such weak security that simple hacking methods gained easy access to people’s personal photos.
And I’m sure there are other examples, I am in no way going to defend Facebooks privacy policies, but Apple seriously needs to get of this privacy elite trip, because it’s frankly embarrassing to see them falsely portray themselves as the saviours of privacy when they have guilt all over their hands of treating it with disrespect themselves.
Oh and let’s not forget they fully support, for profit, endless free apps that mine data from their users on a daily basis, that’s then all sold on for profit. This interview is as true today as it was when written:
http://toucharcade.com/2015/09/16/we-own-you-confessions-of-a-free-to-play-producer/
I highly recommend ‘Tim Cook’ stops with the virtue signalling and hypocrisy, and gets back to his day job and making new devices, such as launching those new iMac designs, it would be nice to refresh a design that’s 10 plus years old and is incredibly stale... which is what Apples privacy virtue signalling is fast becoming...
And the "weak security" you're probably referring to is when some celebs were hacked by social engineering and/or their passwords leaked (weak, shared or re-used). Shared/leaked/bad passwords are not the fault of the supplier (Apple, Google or Amazon).
Please read better or pay attention to the details - they matter. When you don't, it doesn't look good for you.
Your also 100% wrong about Apple informing anyone about Siri recordings being passed onto third parties to listen to, they only notified their customers after they were caught doing it. Amazon actually informed you they did it before then.And again you are wrong about the weak security in iCloud, because Apple did not introduce two factor authentication, despite being warned to, till after celebrities were hacked and Apple as a result was sued. Thus it had weak security.
You seem have twisted a lot of reality here to suit your Apple bias argument.
http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240230859/Apple-pushes-security-and-privacy-credentials-after-iCloud-hack
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Tim Cook to talk Facebook, 'Tim Apple,' more in interview airing Monday
You don’t appear to have actually read my post, or the 7 people who upvoted your comment, I never disclaimed what Facebook do in fact condemning their actions. It’s no secret what Facebook do. So you only look foolish to claim I stated otherwise.qwerty52 said:Peza said:Whilst I think personally that Zuckerberg would quite literally sell your soul for profit if he could get it, I think Apple is just about THE most hypocritical company on the planet when it comes to criticising them over ‘privacy’.They publicly criticised Google and Amazon for listening to recordings captured from their devices to improve their AI services, of which Amazon I know warned you off, only for it to be leaked Apple had been doing the EXACT same thing without telling anyone, with Siri hearing everything you say without your knowledge.They also had such weak security that simple hacking methods gained easy access to people’s personal photos.
And I’m sure there are other examples, I am in no way going to defend Facebooks privacy policies, but Apple seriously needs to get of this privacy elite trip, because it’s frankly embarrassing to see them falsely portray themselves as the saviours of privacy when they have guilt all over their hands of treating it with disrespect themselves.
Oh and let’s not forget they fully support, for profit, endless free apps that mine data from their users on a daily basis, that’s then all sold on for profit. This interview is as true today as it was when written:
http://toucharcade.com/2015/09/16/we-own-you-confessions-of-a-free-to-play-producer/
I highly recommend ‘Tim Cook’ stops with the virtue signalling and hypocrisy, and gets back to his day job and making new devices, such as launching those new iMac designs, it would be nice to refresh a design that’s 10 plus years old and is incredibly stale... which is what Apples privacy virtue signalling is fast becoming...You are completely wrong!Facebook is gathering your information, to sell it further to others and in this way to make money. So, the product Facebook is selling, it is YOU. Apple’s product is the hardware we buy. And it is normal if they are gathering some information for making their hardware working better. But they don’t sell this information. They don’t make money of it. So Apple’s product is not YOU.
And your also foolish to claim I am wrong, Apple did not inform its customers Siri was secretly recording every word you said, and then passing that recording to a third party contractor in Ireland to have those recordings listened to by staff, it is a fact only after a whistle blower released this information and Apple were caught red handed, and being utterly embarrassed and hypocritical, that they then changed their policies and only then and informed their customers in documentation this is the act they performed.
So I stand by what I state about Apples hypocritical virtue signalling about privacy.
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Apple stops selling 512GB, 1TB 21.5-inch 4K iMac options online
I suspect this has half to do with Covid causing global chip shortages and the new iMacs, just ask Sony and Microsoft about chip shortages, they can't make enough new gen consoles.Apple really needs to launch those new iMacs.
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Intel takes aim at Apple, instead shoots itself in the dongle
Kinda sad, Intel still makes same good chips and rules the server market more or less. Still they could have come up something more original then belittling the competition. But everyone does it these says it seems.It's great to see AMD giving them real competition as they seemed to rest on their laurels and in the end it caused them to lose Apple as a customer. I wish Apple went with AMD to keep Bootcamp but oh well. Looking forward to the new iMac. -
Kuo: Apple AR headset to feature 15 cameras for 'pass-through' VR experience, biometrics
Kuo is literally throwing everything at a wall hoping something will stick. I admire his stupidity to predict the devices Apple will be launching in 2030. His reputation has dropped in my mind, but then he has been wrong before a few times but no one remembers that.I’d wait till the product is actually launched or the same rumours stated by other well sources leakers to believe it.
