The good:
There's no question that Apple has brought some exciting new features for privacy lately. The possibility for users to block some #data collection, one's #email blocking trackers, the chance to use email aliases for interactions with companies...
There's no question that Apple has brought some exciting new features for privacy lately. The possibility for users to block some #data collection, one's #email blocking trackers, the chance to use email aliases for interactions with companies...
#Safari hiding internet traffic from your internet service provider... all fantastic, and hugely important.
Apple is showing that #privacy is a competitive advantage. And their #security is much better than that of competitors
But before we get too complacent...
Apple is showing that #privacy is a competitive advantage. And their #security is much better than that of competitors
But before we get too complacent...
The bad:
I worry that #Apple comes up with #surveillance equipment that others go on to implement in unethical and less secure ways. It's happened before. Depressingly, Apple was the one who developed the #Bluetooth beacons that track us in stores:
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
I worry that #Apple comes up with #surveillance equipment that others go on to implement in unethical and less secure ways. It's happened before. Depressingly, Apple was the one who developed the #Bluetooth beacons that track us in stores:
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Let's always remember that are phones are hackable in a way that are wallets are not. Do we really need an #ID in our phones? Is carrying one's ID that much heavier or inconvenient?
The use of #FaceID has always seemed to me to be risky in a very unnecessary way.
The use of #FaceID has always seemed to me to be risky in a very unnecessary way.
And now #Apple is joining other tech giants in its desire to digitise everything (#maps recognising streets and buildings, cameras recognising objects, Live #Text recognising text on your photos automatically)...
...and getting into the business of #healthcare (enabling the collection of much more personal #data and adding the possibility of sharing it with others, including your friends, family, and doctors).
The effort to digitise the world is a #surveillance effort. It means recording and keeping tags on everything in and around us. Let's suppose, just for the sake of argument, that #Apple never misuses this power. Other will mimic those powers and misuse them.
Tracking and tagging features and surveillance features. And surveillance technology leads to control. Control leads to a diminishing of freedom. #Apple is pushing the limits of what we can track, and that is not good news for #privacy.
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