[zxt_tzx]

> We've really done one over on ourselves by adopting the mental model that only a vertically integrated corp can deliver privacy and security to users. This rigid tendency towards homogeneity is bound to suffer a tragic systemic failure before too long.

Look no further than the other news that came out this week re: government spying via push notifications. (https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments...) Consumers rationally trust the few big companies which are incentive-aligned to protect their data and government then goes after those few big companies. I thought this was particularly galling:

> In a statement, Apple said that Wyden's letter gave them the opening they needed to share more details with the public about how governments monitored push notifications.

> "In this case, the federal government prohibited us from sharing any information," the company said in a statement. "Now that this method has become public we are updating our transparency reporting to detail these kinds of requests."

[ChrisMarshallNY]

I suspect there's more where that came from. The only reason we learned of this, is because the cat was let out of the bag, and Apple was able to talk about it (gag order).

People might want to think about how AirTags and Find My Phone work...

[paulmd]

> People might want to think about how AirTags and Find My Phone work...

rotating BTLE identifiers controlled by a pseudorandom sequence derived from a key, and tunneled over end to end encryption?

[oarsinsync]

With locations over time tied to personal identifiers stored in a database with no public audit controls

[chfalck]

Isn’t that already what every standardly configured smartphone does?