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minus-squareXLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoHow things change. Once upon a time, Apple stood up to the FBI’s demands. Now they’re caving to an implication in an authoritarian foreign country.
minus-squareMac@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoApple pretended to stand up to them a couple times in high-profile cases for optics. They were helping them all along.
minus-squareLytia @lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThere is, AFAIK, zero proof to back up your claim.
minus-squareXLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoEven if true, I think I prefer when Apple was normalizing standing up to surveillance, instead of being the first to endorse it.
minus-squareLytia @lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoYeah, I agree. I just wanted to call them out because FUD has never once helped the privacy community, and I’m tired of people strawmanning big tech and making the comm look bad.
How things change.
Once upon a time, Apple stood up to the FBI’s demands. Now they’re caving to an implication in an authoritarian foreign country.
Apple pretended to stand up to them a couple times in high-profile cases for optics. They were helping them all along.
There is, AFAIK, zero proof to back up your claim.
Even if true, I think I prefer when Apple was normalizing standing up to surveillance, instead of being the first to endorse it.
Yeah, I agree. I just wanted to call them out because FUD has never once helped the privacy community, and I’m tired of people strawmanning big tech and making the comm look bad.
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