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> The contact tracing protocol for Covid was anything but more surveillance. Wow, just wow. I am stunned to find such an ignorant comment on Hacker News. Maybe someone this naive c…

This is painfully stupid. Apple having literal backdoors on everyone's lives is the same as social media cookies? You must be an Apple apologist or stock holder.

Complete horseshit propaganda from the biggest pro-globalist newspaper. > For most of us, a bank account isn’t about profit or loss, it’s about security: it prevents your life savi…

Mask up. Vax up. Shut up. This is what they want.

The fact the person responsible for the TSA also had a massive profit stake in body scanners says everything one needs to know about airport "security".

Won't be long until they decide to implement this on un-vaccinated humans. All this over a mild flu, too.

> Why make this feature opt-in? Because of support costs. > Why exclude this feature from prepaid plans? Because prepaid plans are not tied to IDs, so validating identity to "unloc…

This. We've known Apple is backdoored since at least 2013 with Snowden revelations. Why are people still debating this nearly a decade later? Apple products ARE NOT PRIVATE.

Right now? We've known Apple is backdoored since at least 2013 with Snowden revelations. Some of us chose to pay attention, others seemingly went back to sleep ...

This statement is everything wrong with how Apple's privacy is interpreted. The problem isn't iCloud Photo - it's that Apple can install ANY software they want at ANY time for ANY …

Why is this being downvoted? Depressing to see that open source software is not respected here.

Why would you give your cell phone provider your SSN/DOB? Just use pre-paid and avoid this nightmare.

Same United that was punching customers in the face last year?

Or how about "apt install virt-manager" and skip Oracle crapware?

Took a look. Unclear why this is in any way superior to Debian and customized XFCE. Nothing is said about my security and privacy using the OS. Hard pass.

If you can prove harm, take it to court. In all honesty, I think you'd be making a mockery of yourself trying though. Google is a corrupt technology gone horribly awry and it shoul…

I have no value judgement of them; it's just amusing to see mainstream media vying for credibility in this way.

Because they can get away with it and use it to make more money from your "experience".

The hubris of Reuters news using a domain called 'trust.org' is a perfect parody of today's media.

Exactly right, from what you know, which is limited to the point of useless on a proprietary, closed source system. It's almost guaranteed to be backdoored being as such.

Incredible to see how the quality of stories on HN front page has degraded over the years. Literally a 4 paragraph "article" about some useless piece of trivia.

This petition, or whatever it is supposed to be, completely mis-characterizes the problem entirely. It isn't that Apple can scan photos, it's that Apple can install any software of…