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Apple CEO Tim Cook on Privacy: 'We Very Much Are on Your Side'

Abazigal said:
You speak as though a CEO is graded only on his ability to speak on stage and nothing else.


And nobody is saying that Steve Job's contributions don't matter.

But this doesn't mean that Tim Cook isn't doing a great job of running Apple either. Each of them have their own strengths and weaknesses, and are simply running a company the best they can, in accordance with their pros and cons.

And honestly, I’m not convinced Apple would be better off with Jobs at the helm with the company at its current size and trajectory anyway. I have to wonder if he would have stepped aside anyway by now.



Well, I guess it's just as well that neither of us actually have a say in Apple's hiring practices. I don't think Tim Cook is going anywhere anytime soon.
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based on you like , i count 2 against 1 but that's ok
I respect your opinion, but I respectfully disagree
you are satisfy with Tim but as you already know I'm not
but like a said, is ok

only time will tell, let just wait and see

peace
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I7guy said:
Exactly. Cook has now transformed Apple into the company the sells itself. Cook is charismatic in his own right, though, and people want to hear what he has to say.
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face palm emoji, thank you man I just had good time laughing at that comment
c'mon I7guy do you actually believe that
everybody knows that Tim lacks in the carisma department for christ crying out loud
watch a keynote man
:D

the last keynote about apple new services, it took me less than a minute for me to stop watching the keynote
because it was so boring, I think I could it stop watching a lot sooner but a waited a little bit
but then I couldn't help it any more
I honestly don't want to hear what Tim has to say
maybe you will say the same thing about me but is all good
no problem

I don't have nothing personal against him but is like when you know some one is not genuine and is pretending because you know is fake
I just can't connect with the man, sorry man

but hey if you think different, no problem, cheers
 
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Intellectua1 said:
Yes, it's been vetted by me! Are you suggesting I go and hire an outside company to do an audit just to prove a point on MacRumors? Lol. Trust me, I've been into network and internet security for about 15 years now. I'm no dummy! There's tons of Open Source projects out there to enhance your security online, you should give it a look instead of relying on a billion dollar corporation to do it, I mean, you can only take their word for it, I can see the results myself of my work myself.
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It's great that you feel capable of protecting your own security but most users just don't have the skills to do what you do. I've been working with medical tech for 35+ years but when it came to network security (much of my equipment used the network), I left it to the IT folks who have a much better handle on that end of the tech. I think Apple does a good job of protecting our data. Perfect? No. But good enough for most.
 
Rogifan said:
It isn’t that what other companies/services are doing. Who is collecting non-anonymized data?
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Pretty much the whole industry is collecting non-anonymized data, or at least data that can be easily traced back to the source via ip address, etc.
 
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A. I don't trust any giant corporation that has access to my information. B. I trust Apple 100 times more than any other tech company, especially Facebook and Google.
 
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Apple is your best option. Its about the only company that makes their money selling products, on the opposite of giving you free products and making a lot of money.

We have yet to hear of Apple having the microphone recording you as a "bug" or apologies for Apple Maps tracking your although you made it clear that you want location tracking to be off.
 
What about nsakey? Doesn't really make a difference what Apple says, even if they aren't spying on you someone else is...
 
realtuner said:
I’m not missing anything. You, OTOH, are making assumptions about how things on iOS work and then trying to form an argument around those assumptions.

Google knows iOS users are the most valuable mobile users. It’s why they’re willing to pay to see the general habits of those users even without getting anything specific.
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It has nothing to do with iOS. Not sure why you keep thinking it does. The data that Apple is allowing to be shared with Google is entirely the normal data that is available to any user of Google's search engine.
 
Intellectua1 said:
Me on Privacy: Hey Timmy, I think your crusade on privacy is fake and used only to sell more iPhones as well as make your customers paranoid of anything but Apple devices. I can handle my own privacy, ok! How about you open up that OS and let me do what I want with it, since you know, I'm paying $1000+ for it!
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Do you think that most customers understand the issues and do all the things needed to lock down stock Android devices as you do? It is great that you have an option that you like, most of the rest of us (including many whose day jobs are doing system/information security) appreciate a system that does not require effort from us to make that work.

I used to use Symbian and had lots of options. I realized when the iPhone came out that it had been years since I did anything other than just tightening the stock security on the device and that I was happy to not worry about it any more.

These trade offs are not a new thing. When NeXT Computer, Inc. shipped 0.8 of NeXTSTEP on the 68030 NeXT Cube in 1989, X-Windows fans argued that it was so much better because they could completely customize their systems, choosing from among many window managers, workspace manages, what functions were on which mouse button, etc. We NeXTSTEP users felt exactly the opposite. We loved that we did not need to waste time thinking about that. We had a system that worked well and ensured that I could work on anyone’s machine without having it be so customized that I did know where things were.

That was 30 years ago. Apple, just like NeXT Computer, Inc., is never going to do what you want, because they (and most of the people actually buying, as well as most of those potential customers for which an iPhone is an aspirational product) like things as they are.
 
BootsWalking said:
My source for what? The fact that when you do a search through Google your search terms get sent to them? Or that your IP address is sent as well?
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Your proof that iOS sends the same data to Google when searching as Google would get if I visited google.com in a browser on my PC or in Safari.
 
BootsWalking said:
It has nothing to do with iOS. Not sure why you keep thinking it does. The data that Apple is allowing to be shared with Google is entirely the normal data that is available to any user of Google's search engine.
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What data are you referring to going to Google? The only data connection I'm aware of to Google from Safari are a) the default search engine that can easily be changed, and b) "Warn when visiting a fraudulent website" a setting that can be unchecked.

Are you aware of something else?
 
BootsWalking said:
Try it yourself, using both iOS Safari and any other browser on your desktop:
https://www.whatsmybrowser.org/
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Don’t know if you’re aware, the browser sends standard information to every website (even Apple)so the website knows how to communicate with the client. Nothing to do with google. Is your name, Ssn, address in the header? If so you have a point, if not meh.
 
Apple is a large company, but Cook says that in "some ways," it's "like a big startup."
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Pivoting to acquisitions, Cook said that Apple has purchased 20 to 25 companies over the course of the last six months or so, purchasing a company "every two to three weeks."
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Is it, typical for a "large startup" to purchase 20 to 25 companies. Just like "that"?
 
I7guy said:
Don’t know if you’re aware, the browser sends standard information to every website (even Apple)so the website knows how to communicate with the client. Nothing to do with google. Is your name, Ssn, address in the header? If so you have a point, if not meh.
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The difference is Google is a single site conduit by which all user searches go through (when using Google as the search engine), so it's that search data along with the available browser data that lets them fingerprint all their users. That's not possible on a random site you visit.
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realtuner said:
Yeah, you completely missed the point of my question. Do you even own an iPhone/iPad? How do you search for things?
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Yes. Search engines.
 
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I despice Tim, I really despice this fake populist. His main goal is only squeeze money not doing good products anymore. At least be honest and save us from those fake interviews made by journailsts who had to show their questions to you in advance.
On the contrary I miss a lot Jobs, he was a better CEO but also a better man with much more integrity and less hypocricy. Steve didn't want to show himself the "charity man of the year" or the "rights knight of the universe" but had the balls to show himself with free journalist and a whole public asking him anykind of questions. You never did those things like Steve did Tim because you know by yourself that you are a fake, that you can't sunstain any "free question", you pick only "comfortable subjects" to talk about. You talks all the time about "Civil rights" that even dumbs know, are FREE! they cost nothing to corporations like yours. You never talk about "Social rights" because, on the contrary, are a big (monetary) pain in the ass. Just save us from that "Pinocchio face" .
 
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BootsWalking said:
The difference is Google is a single site conduit by which all user searches go through (when using Google as the search engine), so it's that search data along with the available browser data that lets them fingerprint all their users. That's not possible on a random site you visit.
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Yes. Search engines.
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You can't get away from web standards. There is no personally identifiable information in there. Your ip has to be included in the same way the post office can't deliver mail to you without your address. If you are concerned about being fingerprinted, use a vpn or TOR, don't use your home wifi. Your ip can change on cellular so you can turn off and turn on airplane mode. Every website probably captures ip addresses. The only way to 100% get away from this is not to connect to the internet.

Don't blame apple for w3 standards. Is apple supposed to mask the ip address or block google?
 
BootsWalking said:
The difference is Google is a single site conduit by which all user searches go through (when using Google as the search engine), so it's that search data along with the available browser data that lets them fingerprint all their users. That's not possible on a random site you visit.
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Yes. Search engines.
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I switched my search engine to ddg.
Anyone on iOS can do that, many already have.
 
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FFR said:
I switched my search engine to ddg.
Anyone on iOS can do that, many already have.
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I recently switched back to DDG again as well. Credit where credit is due - Google search is indeed the best out there, but DDG isn’t all that bad either, and well, we will see how long this flirtation lasts.
 
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