What kills me is that I can go to YouTube and find a ton of pirated material (music, movies, TV shows) that is physically hosted on YouTube servers, yet law enforcement crows about locking up a guy who hosts only links to pirated material, not the actual material. There is some conspicuous hypocrisy on display.
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Apple Helped FBI Identify Alleged Owner of World's Largest Torrent Site
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Anyone who believes they have any privacy on the internet is sadly mistaken. I know this, you know this, etc. But counterpoint, my bank, employer, insurance company, and other companies don't state they care about my privacy either. Apple does.
Pot, meet kettle. (meant for RedOrchestra)
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But, you knew that.
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Apple also says they will comply with law enforcement requests. Which is stated in the TOS for all of their services.Anyone who believes they have any privacy on the internet is sadly mistaken. I know this, you know this, etc. But counterpoint, my bank, employer, insurance company, and other companies don't state they care about my privacy either. Apple does.
But, you knew that.
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We should be really thankful to Apple for that, who neglected to patch their firmware, leaving every apple computer susceptible to permanent firmware backdooring from 2011 until 2015, but at the same time persuaded us all that "..there is not virus for the mac". It sucks to not attribute the credit to the one who rightfully deserves it.
I just find the irony very amusing. Apple, where we care about your privacy, except when we don't! That should be a new motto for them.
You must be relitively new to Apple and iTunes. They have always had DRM on their movies and TV shows, and had it on their music for years. It was only when Amazon was able to get a deal for DRM free music sales that Apple renegotiated things.
Somebody has to get the files legally to begin with. There's probably some way to strip the DRM from iTunes purchases.
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They still do. Complying with this court order in no way makes your privacy less secure. They handed over information the person in question had agreed to give them by agreeing to the terms of service, and the manner in which they did so did not involve creating new holes for criminals to potentially exploit.
I can not believe how many do not understand and see the difference between this and Bernardino terrorist case.
Does "with a court order" make it ok? The GOVTos thing required a court order as well.
I never thought I'd see the day. Usually if it's Apple against ANYBODY, the MR crowd immediately jumps in to bash the other side.
Unless it has to do with their ability to pirate free ****....then suddenly Apple is the bad guy. Glad we established the line.
Unless it has to do with their ability to pirate free ****....then suddenly Apple is the bad guy. Glad we established the line.
Criminal with a guilt complex? Maybe he just doesn't use torrents. That would be smart if he really runs the site. Or, maybe he was buying stuff to upload. That would be dumb...
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Actually - what you state means exactly that privacy is less secure. I agree it's likely in the terms of service. But this should "wake" people up to the reality of what privacy actually means. Personal information is personal information - and that's what Apple gave up. Creating an exploit for the FBI is a completely different matter.
Hang on, so the head of the world's largest torrent site PURCHASED something off iTunes. I call bull5h1t.
Same here....Goto for all things needed. Wonder if his arrest means the site is down.
You mean Apple should violate a subpoena? Violate the law? Seriously?
I would assume that Apple was served a subpoena for the information and in the US they are required by law to provide that information.
