[sneak]

Apple surrenders customer data on over 30,000 customers per year to the US government without search warrants or probable cause.

This is disclosed in their own transparency report (FISA).

This isn't optional; Apple has to provide data on any user account the USG demands of them, without a search warrant.

Your trust in them is misplaced.

[andrewjf]

I’m not sure what your point is. This is unavoidable for any company subject to FISA or you know, laws.

I care far more about companies like Google and Facebook taking my information and using it in tracking and advertising, or selling it to whomever wants to pay for it for whatever reason to build a profile about me and using that to take advantage of me.

On that front, I trust Apple far more than any of the other options. They’re using it as a competitive advantage and it’s working.

[otterley]

Where does it say that this information was provided on demand without a warrant? The only exception to a warrant requirement is a FISA letter, and all US persons are required by law to respond to those.

And in terms of NSLs, they only turned over data for under 500 of them so far this year (and it could be a lot fewer since the bucket size is 1-500).

[omginternets]

Most of us are more worried about scummy advertisers than three-letter agencies.

[sneak]

Advertisers can't put you in jail indefinitely without trial because you published something they didn't like.

The USA IC can and will.

[omginternets]

Yes, but the odds of that are quite low for the overwhelming majority of us.

[threatofrain]

Did you want Apple to have the power of the Dutch East India Company? How else would Apple resist national governments?

[novok]

They could not collect the information in the first place, especially for free customers who just want to download free apps.

Or how about this, be able to install free apps without any apple ID!

[dv_dt]

All companies operating in the US are going to be subject to the same.