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by nashashmi 1059 days ago
Actions like this is why I used to trust Google. Fighting government overreach should have been a critical part of technology and data.

But it seems Google was more political in its relationships than idealistic. And now the entire sector is compromised.

Apple will be one day compromised too. In some crevice of some unknown government office is a person working on a ten-year initiative to get access to inaccessible information in the tech sector. AT&T was compromised this way. Microsoft was compromised this way. Google was compromised.

What is to say Apple won't be compromised??
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JPws_Prntr_Fngr 1059 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM

Apple is a participant in the NSA's PRISM mass surveillance program. They've been compromised for a long time. I doubt any decent sized corporation isn't.

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nashashmi 1059 days ago
I am going to give them the benefit of doubt in the case of PRISM. It is not clear whether PRISM is the result of forced/voluntary participation, or the result of vulnerabilities found in their systems. Because of the diagrams in the PRISM powerpoint mentioning some of the integration is "coming soon", I feel it is definitely not legally coerced, otherwise everyone would participate at once. Also due to the integration having varying limits from service to service tells me this not given to NSA on a silver platter. Lastly, the outright denial of these companies further tells me that they are unaware.

PRISM is the result of vulnerabilities found and purchased from hackers. And integrated together in a project codenamed PRISM. Each source has different levels of information sharing. And with Dropbox being a less integrated and more primitive resource for search, I know the entire PRISM program was a gum and shoestring project.

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JPws_Prntr_Fngr 1059 days ago
It is possible that their involvement in PRISM is involuntary. However, as a member of the "screeching voices of the minority" [0], I will not extend them the benefit of the doubt.

[0] https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/06/apple-internal-memo-icloud-ph...

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leptons 1059 days ago
Exactly this. When some government makes a big public proposal to invade privacy, Apple will speak up with bravado. But they won't say a word in all the other cases when a government demands to invade privacy when those demands are made in secret.
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hospitalJail 1059 days ago
They are already compromised. They give data to the US government, China, and Russia.

OP is repeating marketing.

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dainiusse 1059 days ago
This
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