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Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the “data industrial complex”

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Re: Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the “data industrial complex”

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Hi Apple. Please: • add VPN on/off to control center • allow per-app VPN via Apple Configurator, without enterprise MDM • once the above two are available, we can use Tor, IDS, DPI or pihole on a per-application basis, to reduce data harvesting • bonus1: allow the open-source iOS MDM community OR the iOS Shortcuts community to make it easy for novice users to have one-click install of "privacy-plus configurations" •…

• location data toggle in control center

Re: Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the “data industrial complex”

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Hi Apple. Please: • add VPN on/off to control center • allow per-app VPN via Apple Configurator, without enterprise MDM • once the above two are available, we can use Tor, IDS, DPI or pihole on a per-application basis, to reduce data harvesting • bonus1: allow the open-source iOS MDM community OR the iOS Shortcuts community to make it easy for novice users to have one-click install of "privacy-plus configurations" •…

It would help if they decoupled the so-called "end-to-end encrypted" iMessage from automatic backups to centralized iCloud servers to which all governments have access.

iMessage backups are not “automatic”. You must opt-in before they leave your device.

Re: Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the “data industrial complex”

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

If they could I believe they would. They rather not be reliant on whoever is providing their speak recognition.

A limited subset of functionality should already be possible, especially if they can have the speech recognition trained specifically to the user.

Voice Control does this, but it’s not particularly great. I doubt it’s seen significant updates in years.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

They don't have the dataset needed to train the speech recognition engine, nor do they seem to be willing to deploy some of that $250b in cash to hire engineers smart enough to make a model which only needs the local user's input for training.

Apple has had stripped-down versions of this before on both iOS and macOS via Voice Control.

There's a big difference between recognizing "open the photos app, computer" and "what times is the avenger's showing today, Siri?"

Re: Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the “data industrial complex”

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Good to see. Also nice to watch Facebook and Twitter and Youtube employees being called out for what they have enabled. If you are smart enough to get a job anywhere, why even work to keep these toxic machines propped up? Time to bail before things get worse. Or read a book about the decline of Yahoo.

Re: Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the “data industrial complex”

#66

First response: This sounds good, maybe I should consider Apple for my next device? Second response: Was undermining Google the reason he held the speech in the first place?

I hope Google will at least analyze the idea of privacy, analyze what data they collect and if all of it needs to be collected or kept, when someone suggests let's collect everything there(and in other companies) should be some debate there before is implemented.

We now know the cost of mobile privacy from Google's EU pricing. They should just add it as a feature: "Privacy - $40".

Re: Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the “data industrial complex”

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Hi Apple. Please: • add VPN on/off to control center • allow per-app VPN via Apple Configurator, without enterprise MDM • once the above two are available, we can use Tor, IDS, DPI or pihole on a per-application basis, to reduce data harvesting • bonus1: allow the open-source iOS MDM community OR the iOS Shortcuts community to make it easy for novice users to have one-click install of "privacy-plus configurations" •…

> add VPN on/off to control center

I really hoped they'd add this in iOS12.

Re: Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the “data industrial complex”

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Hi Apple. Please: • add VPN on/off to control center • allow per-app VPN via Apple Configurator, without enterprise MDM • once the above two are available, we can use Tor, IDS, DPI or pihole on a per-application basis, to reduce data harvesting • bonus1: allow the open-source iOS MDM community OR the iOS Shortcuts community to make it easy for novice users to have one-click install of "privacy-plus configurations" •…

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Re: Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the “data industrial complex”

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I originally took this opportunity to critique the idea that Cook can stand to take a strong stance on privacy because their business model relies on selling an actual product and said product can only be affordable if you leverage cheap labor (and given historical context: very questionable working conditions).

However, for the sake of maintaining consistency with the article and staying relevant I have revised this post.

Tim Cook is there to give a speech at a Privacy conference. I thought his comments were consistent with how Apple has been presenting itself over the last years. This gives me some confidence that Cook will continue to lead and push for stronger privacy laws while fighting against politicians who look to weaken encryption

Re: Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the “data industrial complex”

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That's very good. The more high-profile people speak up against what's happening, the more the general public realizes what's really going on. Frankly, most non-technical users have no idea how they're profiled and what the real and potential dangers are. You know what's funny? We reached a point where 100% private conversation between two endpoints is finally possible, without the dependence on any third party (be i…

WhatsApp is (we are told) end-to-end encrypted using the same protocol as Signal.
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