| > Is this just innocent vagueness of the English language, or sneaky shit? They use simple language to make it not seem like legalese - If you want the tech details see the white papers they have linked. > What does it mean that it can't see them while they're being sent? Can they see them once they're at rest? No messages are end to end encrypted by default https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 > they say they can't see your location in Maps. They make no promise with the browser Apple Maps doesn’t have a browser version, just and iOS and Mac OS app. Additionally see above link, all location and search history is end to end encrypted - maps searches (and other location based events that cannot be encrypted due to server side processing) are not linked to your Apple ID. > In fact, they don't promise they aren't snooping on 100% of the stuff in Safari Again see above link, safari history and tab sync is also end to end encrypted |
It's great that they claim to end-to-end encrypt their stuff. And after the FBI standoff around the San Bernardino shooters phones, I recommend that my friends and family use Apple because the options for most humans are between Windows and macOS on PCS, and iPhone and (stock, OEM) Android for phones. They definitely talk the talk and appear to walk the walk. We can never truly know, though.
I know there's no point in arguing further. I fully acknowledge that I have less objective reason to believe that Apple is tracking me than you have to believe that they're not. But all of my friends thought I was the crazy tinfoil hat guy in the period between the signing of the U.S. Patriot Act and Edward Snowden. And after that... they still think I'm the crazy tinfoil hat guy. Maybe I'm a broken clock and was right once, or maybe Silicon Valley is full of corporate scumbag liars and maybe companies lie about their encryption (Zoom) and about their stance on privacy (Facebook). Maybe Apple is the lone shining beacon of privacy in SV. Maybe.