Tim Cook Says Apple Can't Read Users' Emails, That iCloud Wasn't Hacked

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @04:20AM from the our-cooperation-was-strictly-reluctant dept.

Apple CEO Tim Cook insists that Apple doesn't read -- in fact, says Cook, cannot read -- user's emails, and that the company's iCloud service wasn't hacked. ZDNet presents highlights from Cook's lengthy, two-part interview with Charlie Rose. One selection of particular interest: Apple previously said that even it can't access iMessage and FaceTime communications, stating that such messages and calls are not held in an "identifiable form." [Cook] claimed if the government "laid a subpoena," then Apple "can't provide it." He said, bluntly: "We don't have a key... the door is closed." He reiterated previous comments, whereby Apple has said it is not in the business of collecting people's data. He said: "When we design a new service, we try not to collect data. We're not reading your email." Cook went on to talk about PRISM in more detail, following the lead from every other technology company implicated by those now-infamous PowerPoint slides.

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Re:If true thats great by binarylarry · 2014-09-16 04:42 · Score: 4, Funny

Yeah I can't wait until he starts saying:
"Bono and the Edge totally pulled a fast one on us. Apple has no way of automatically installing horrible music on your devices with your permission."

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What a liar by Anonymous Coward · 2014-09-16 04:43 · Score: 1, Funny

Everyone knows iCloud was hacked.
They released the fix for the iCloud hack right after the fappening.
Re:If true thats great by ahaweb · 2014-09-16 05:56 · Score: 4, Funny

That's like calling spam "free advice".