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Apple's Bud Tribble to Testify in Senate Hearing on Mobile Privacy

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As noted by All Things Digital, the U.S. Senate has posted a hearing notice for a Judiciary Committee meeting on mobile privacy scheduled for May 10th at 10:00 AM in Washington, DC. According to the witness list included in the notice, Apple's Bud Tribble will be providing testimony during the session, which is entitled "Protecting Mobile Privacy: Your Smartphones, Tablets, Cell Phones and Your Privacy".

The session will begin with a panel featuring representatives from the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, presumably to give background and set the stage for testimony as the legislators attempt to learn more about how consumer privacy is handled with mobile devices. Tribble will be joined on a second panel by Google's public policy director, Alan Davidson, as well as several other witnesses from public interest groups and trade association/lobbying groups.

Tribble serves as vice president of software technology at Apple and has a long history with the company. He served as manager of the Macintosh development team and oversaw the development of Mac OS, and later joined Steve Jobs to found NeXT. Tribble returned to Apple in early 2002.

The Senate hearing was sparked by concerns over location tracking information publicized for being stored on users' iPhones and Android-based handsets. The hearing was initiated by Senator Al Franken, and Jobs reported soon after that Apple intended to participate in the discussions as requested. Senate officials confirmed last week that both Apple and Google would be sending representatives to the hearing.

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It's funny how this whole controversy started with an Apple product, but I think it's some of the other vendors who might be worried now. Apple's been very honest and has already rushed out a software update to address the issue. Furthermore, Apple's actually battled against magazine publishers who want to get more info on iPhone users and are mad Apple won't let them.

Their historical track record in this area makes it clear that Apple is more interested in making money from device sales than they are from data-mining sales.

But what about some of the other platforms? We haven't heard as much from them. Are they going to look forward to all this attention? I suspect this whole thing will be very good for Apple and very bad for some other companies.
 
miles01110 said:
Any "controversy" about mobile security and privacy certainly didn't start with Apple, it only brought more public attention to it. Security researchers have been warning about the sad state of mobile privacy for years.
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By "this whole controversy" I meant "the reason this specific hearing is being held."

Despite whatever else has happened in the past it's clear that this hearing is in response to all the stories about the iPhone from the last few weeks.
 
I was hoping somebody higher up would do it. If they lie or do not give the full truth, we should demand prosecution and a perp walk after arrest.
 
Full of Win said:
I was hoping somebody higher up would do it. If they lie or do not give the full truth, we should demand prosecution and a perp walk after arrest.
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You never disappoint.

Did it ever occur to you that he may be the most qualified person from Apple to testify?
 
Small White Car said:
It's funny how this whole controversy started with an Apple product, but I think it's some of the other vendors who might be worried now. Apple's been very honest and has already rushed out a software update to address the issue. Furthermore, Apple's actually battled against magazine publishers who want to get more info on iPhone users and are mad Apple won't let them.

Their historical track record in this area makes it clear that Apple is more interested in making money from device sales than they are from data-mining sales.

But what about some of the other platforms? We haven't heard as much from them. Are they going to look forward to all this attention? I suspect this whole thing will be very good for Apple and very bad for some other companies.
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To be honest, I think Apple fooled us all this time.

I have never thought that way, ever but this time, its pretty clear to me. Sorry.
 
rdowns said:
You never disappoint.

Did it ever occur to you that he may be the most qualified person from Apple to testify?
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Full of HateForApple never assumes anything good about the company, but always assumes the absoute worst possible scenario that will enrage him.
 
Hoping for what??

Full of Win said:
I was hoping somebody higher up would do it. If they lie or do not give the full truth, we should demand prosecution and a perp walk after arrest.
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The claims leading up to this hearing -- what data is obtained, where it is stored, and for how long -- are software technology issues. Please explain to us why the VP for software technology is not the exact right choice.

And, by the way, who are 'we' in your 'should demand prosecution and ... arrest' ?? Most of us take our meds more assiduously.
 
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rdowns said:
Full of Win said:
I was hoping somebody higher up would do it. If they lie or do not give the full truth, we should demand prosecution and a perp walk after arrest.
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You never disappoint.

Did it ever occur to you that he may be the most qualified person from Apple to testify?
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Who? How about Scott Forestall, since based on his job title, he is more involved in iOS.
 
Full of Win said:
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Who? How about Scott Forestall, since based on his job title, he is more involved in iOS.
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Indeed. But I'm sure Tribble knows exactly what's going on.

Hey, too bad you can't bring back the Inquisition. You'd be a natural.
 
When are we going to see hearings on the massive privacy violations in ObamaCare, the "stimulus" bill (which was mostly about other stuff), the renewal of the PATRIOT act, etc?

The government has removed the concept of privacy as a basic right, which, by the way, the constitution doesn't allow them to do.

There's supreme court rulings on this-- believe it or not, one of they key ones was Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion by finding that anti-abortion laws violated women's right to privacy.

I trust Apple to do the right thing, because they've always done right by me.

I trust the federal government to do the wrong thing, because they've never done right by me, and they've constantly lied about it. (Even the Privacy Act of the 1970s reduced privacy, and the few protections it did provide are routinely violated by the federal government now.)

Oh, right, they can get PR for themselves by going after Apple and %90 of the people never bothered to read the bills I referred to earlier and so have no clue that the government has put privacy violations into law.
 
I actually thought it was quite a handy feature to see where I had been since last summer. Best of all it doesn't use up loads of power like leaving GPS and an app running.

Do people not think the network operators already know and keep this information. Over here in the UK the police use it all the time. A couple of months back there was a women that went missing and the police knew within hours something was up as her mobile signal showed up in a forest. They started a man hunt straight away. Normally they would wait weeks before starting to look.

Good in my eyes and even if someone did steal the information so what, not doing anything wrong so nothing to hide. Let them get bored at all my travels.
 
Full of Win said:
I was hoping somebody higher up would do it. If they lie or do not give the full truth, we should demand prosecution and a perp walk after arrest.
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Apple already lied, not to mention we have congress after everyone at the white house from what i read on other sites, for lying, maybe Donald Trump is better for president so we wont get robbed again.

anyway im not into politics, i will say this though, as far as security i just heard that Apple iLife apps also keep thumbnails of users photos and track them, they do not allow users to shut off faces and locations at all, and even with the new update to the IOS once synced Apple stores the SAME EXACT DATA AND MORE, you guys think anyone can sue apple with these people running their cyber security department?

http://www.tgdaily.com/security-features/53716-former-nsa-analyst-to-bolster-apples-security-credentials and it all started BEFORE the iphone 4

here is a piece of the topic:
Apple has significantly bolstered its security credentials by hiring former NSA analyst and prominent author David Rice.

As AppleInsider notes, Cupertino is "ramping up" its security efforts to help gain "the trust" of corporations and government agencies who are adopting the iPad and iPhone en masse.

To be sure, Apple is currently gaining (enterprise) ground on RIM, which describes itself as the leader in "CIO friendliness." 



Former NSA analyst to bolster Apple’s security credentialsOther security-related steps taken by Apple include the recruitment of Mozilla’s former cybersecurity czar, the hiring of former security lead for Microsoft’s Windows XP Service Pack 2, as well as inking a partnership deal with Unisys.

Rice - who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1994 - previously worked as a Global Network Vulnerability analyst for the National Security Agency and as a Special Duty Cryptologic officer for the Navy.



During his service, the U.S. government recognized and awarded David for "significant contributions" to the Department of Defense and the National Security Agency for developing security configuration and design guidance for critical national infrastructure and global networks.

For example, the DoD praised "(his) expertise in vulnerability discovery and countermeasure design," designating it "exceptional and world class."

The DoD also commended Rice for "providing critical configuration and policy guidance on current and emerging technologies, aiding decision makers and protecting sensitive information systems worldwide."

Rice currently serves as the Executive Director of The Monterey Group and Consulting Director for Policy Reform at the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit. 

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