Apple = BIG BROTHER

[walie]

I'm getting rid of Google! They track everything you do! Apple doesn't do that!!

oh wait...


http://www.businessinsider.com/ifa-apples-iphone-tracking-in-ios-6-2012-10

 

[Kissaragi]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia

 

[rdbecker]

So faux outrage and paranoia are still popular. Great.

 

[BFizzzle]

ad tracking yes.. just like almost every website i go to.

 

[Cougarcat]

If you think anonymous ad targeting is akin to big brother, I suggest you reread 1984.

 

[chakraj]

I'm getting rid of Google! They track everything you do! Apple doesn't do that!!

oh wait...


http://www.businessinsider.com/ifa-apples-iphone-tracking-in-ios-6-2012-10

You hit the nail on the head, the other sheeple here can have their eyes closed as long as they want.

 

[Small White Car]

I am absolutely 100% ok with this kind of "tracking."

When companies link their knowledge to my name (like, for example, Target can do with their guesswork mailings) then we have a problem.

But that is specifically what Apple's system is designed to avoid.

 

[darngooddesign]

As the article says, you can turn it off in iOS6, which you couldn't before.

 

[richmds]

Um how is this different than when you use your browser on a site like Macrumors or any GPS system, credit cards, reward cards, signing up for anything from a company.

 

[jlake02]

I'm getting rid of Google! They track everything you do! Apple doesn't do that!!

oh wait...


http://www.businessinsider.com/ifa-apples-iphone-tracking-in-ios-6-2012-10

Ohhhh NOOoOoOoOoOOooo!!!

Just turn it off in the settings... duh.

 

[jabingla2810]

*Reads article*

*Carries on with life just the same*

I don't get why people care about this stuff, Google, Apple, Facebook... whoever, I don't care.

 

[BFizzzle]

If you think anonymous ad targeting is akin to big brother, I suggest you reread 1984.

hjahaha i know right.
This would be minuscule

 

[Interstella5555]

*Reads article*

*Carries on with life just the same*

I don't get why people care about this stuff, Google, Apple, Facebook... whoever, I don't care.

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Being knowledgeable about something and doing it anyway and not caring are two different things and may be something you want to look into.

 

[jabingla2810]

Being knowledgeable about something and doing it anyway and not caring are two different things and may be something you want to look into.

I fully understand that.

I just don't understand why anyone should care?

I know advertising, big brother, watching you, are all good buzz words, but I just don't see the actual issue.

Maybe it's just me, and I have the wrong atittude to such things.

 

[chakraj]

I fully understand that.

I just don't understand why anyone should care?

I know advertising, big brother, watching you, are all good buzz words, but I just don't see the actual issue.

Maybe it's just me, and I have the wrong atittude to such things.

its not your fault, society is conditioning everyone to find no value in personal privacy. Its being done on a global scale so the channels can be set in place by which one day they will be able to fully control you.

Here are two quotes from my good friend T.J.;

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions

Peace

 

[willmtaylor]

I'm getting rid of Google! They track everything you do! Apple doesn't do that!!

oh wait...


http://www.businessinsider.com/ifa-apples-iphone-tracking-in-ios-6-2012-10

This is ignorant.

Big Brother refers to government keeping tabs on citizens without their knowledge or consent. They have no choice in the matter.

Apple (& Google for that matter) are companies whose products people choose to use and buy. It is one's choice, and he can choose to leave at any time.

P.S. I can also know it's absolute dog-**** of an article before I read it because BusinessInsider wrote it.

 

[madsci954]

Better stock up on tin foil

 

[faroZ06]

*Reads article*

*Carries on with life just the same*

I don't get why people care about this stuff, Google, Apple, Facebook... whoever, I don't care.

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My thoughts exactly. And you can turn it off. And you can block Google ads.

With personal computers and smartphones, it's not '1984'. Relevant signature for the win! I've had this same signature for a month, by the way.

 

[VulchR]

I love you Big Brother.

 

[matrix07]

Another stupid thread coming up here. Yawn...

Where is the "ignore" button on this site?

 

[b24pgg]

Adblock Plus on my PC browser and AdAway on my Android device.

Problem solved.

 

[bogatyr]

Problem solved: Turn it off.

Move along now.

 

[Idefix]

We all know we're getting tracked all of the time.

What's bad about this is that Apple has it turned on by default, and makes it confusingly hard to turn off.

You'd expect Apple to have it turned off by default, and then ask you if you wanted to opt-in.

 

[faroZ06]

We all know we're getting tracked all of the time.

What's bad about this is that Apple has it turned on by default, and makes it confusingly hard to turn off.

You'd expect Apple to have it turned off by default, and then ask you if you wanted to opt-in.

There's no rational reason to turn it off, and it helps the user experience, so they figure that the paranoid people are paranoid/thorough enough to just find the switch and disable it.

 

[Idefix]

There's no rational reason to turn it off, and it helps the user experience, so they figure that the paranoid people are paranoid/thorough enough to just find the switch and disable it.

Wait--you mean we're gonna get mad at Google for all the data they gather about us, but it's OK if Apple does it?