Apple’s approach to privacy

Post by cvwright » Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 7:55 PM UTC

DavideNL wrote: post #119

Tangokat wrote: post #22

Apple is in a good position in the market to do this, but it is just really hard to trust any US company. They say they will never give anyone access to their servers but how can they make that promise when they don't make the laws? As an aside I am finding it really difficult to delete my iCloud account, in fact it seems that is impossible.

> but how can they make that promise when they don't make the laws? I agree, like Lavabit... Lavabit had all the best intentions but in the end the law screwed them over anyway. Of course Apple has a lot more power than Lavabit, so it's nice they are taking this standpoint and being resistant. Hopefully they can contribute to a positive change.. Anyways at least they are trying, something i haven't seen from other bi…

Post by devcpp » Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 7:55 PM UTC

Jerry2 wrote: post #43

subliminalpanda wrote: post #39

I was reading their guidelines for law enforcement requests: https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/emeia_le_guidelines_final... Interesting note: "P. FaceTime FaceTime communications are end-to-end encrypted and Apple has no way to decrypt FaceTime data when it is in transit between devices. Apple cannot intercept FaceTime communications. Apple has FaceTime call invitation logs when a FaceTime call invitation is initiat…

>Does this mean they are capable of intercepting iMessage? You know what the best way is to see who cooperates with law enforcement and to what level? Court documents! I've been trawling court documents for the past few months (I'm writing a blog article on this) and I'm yet to find iMessage being used in court (unless the access to the conversation was given by one of the parties). iMessage really does seem secure f…

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 7:59 PM UTC

Post by nemothekid » Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 8:02 PM UTC

Dirlewanger wrote: post #110

trevyn wrote: post #92

"We have also never allowed any government access to our servers. And we never will." That's a pretty bold statement.

That's because it's a lie. It's like the lawyers (and everyone else here) forgot the Snowden leaks occurred.

Post by acconsta » Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 8:10 PM UTC