Should Edward Snowden Trust Apple To Do the Right Thing?

Nicola Hahn writes: As American lawmakers run a victory lap after passing the USA Freedom Act of 2015, Edward Snowden has published an op-ed piece which congratulates Washington on its "historic" reform. He also identifies Apple Inc. as a champion of user privacy. Snowden states: "Basic technical safeguards such as encryption — once considered esoteric and unnecessary — are now enabled by default in the products of pioneering companies like Apple, ensuring that even if your phone is stolen, your private life remains private." This sort of talking point encourages the perception that Apple has sided with users in the battle against mass surveillance. But there are those who question Snowden's public endorsement of high-tech monoliths. Given their behavior in the past is it wise to assume that corporate interests have turned over a new leaf and won't secretly collaborate with government spies?

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Re:why is Eric snowden an expert on security

[Kartu]

Horrible acts? Care to name a few?

Re:Sure, Apple does the right thing...

[Bite The Pillow]

Apple later confirmed that the hackers responsible for the leak had obtained the images using a "very targeted attack" on account information, such as passwords, rather than any specific security vulnerability in the iCloud service itself.

Fuck off, fuckhat. That's from your own link you ignorant gaseous bag of arseholes. It doesn't take much to understand what you're talking about if you want to make a point.

Redundant because AC at zero is mostly invisible. And my Karma, despite being a raging arsehole myself, is Excellent, so it will be seen.