Apple's Find My Is 'Super Creepy Surveillance Tech' That Shouldn't Exist, Says Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney

[LockOn2B]

Years ago, a kid stole a Mac laptop out of my car. Years later, I was checking out Find My and it showed a map with the house where the kid who stole my Mac lived. WTF Apple? How is that okay?!

I feel like that’s really on the kid for stealing it in the first place.

 

[icanhazmac]

Wish this turd would just go away!

 

[ijordano]

Just going to leave this here

 

[xmarcuswildx]

So… if someone steals my **** they have a right to privacy with my ****? Nah fam this ain’t it.

 

[hieranonymous]

Dude has gotten addicted to the ragebait dopamine loop on X and is posting the dumbest 💩 imaginable just to drive engagement. This is really embarrassing for the parts of his company (i.e., Unreal Engine) that are actually doing credible work instead of tilting at windmills and trying to score weird karma points with the Edgelord Musk contingent. Soon he’ll accuse “Find My” of being “woke.”

 

[Minato1990]

What does any of this have to do with politics?

Dude is going off the weird deep end
I don’t think anyone would agree with Tim’s stupid take unless they’re a thief lmao

 

[dasmb]

Hey you guys -- Tim Sweeney might just be an iconoclast who doesn't have ordinary problems. Like wanting to know where his stolen laptop is.

 

[antiprotest]

While it might be my subjective judgment that questions his mental state, probably more people would think to ask, how is this guy even in tech?

 

[delsoul]

Does Sweeney openly criticize Alphabet, Google, whatever they’re calling themselves today, just as much as he does Apple about privacy concerns?

 

[Monotremata]

I think Tim's using a brain created in Fortnite nowadays..

 

[iMean]

Yeah, give that thieve his privacy. No one should know where he is hiding.

 

[SKeijmel]

Hey is just saying Criminals deserve Privacy says something about how they role

 

[SpotOnT]

This guy needs to just stop buying Apple products.

Maybe stick with windows and android, and then make delusional comments about those?

 

[pbau]

He clearly does not even understand how the Find my network is working... and he is a ceo of an computer related industry... lol

 

[Circa1984]

Hey Tim buy an Android and a PC
if you want privacy, and leave us poor Apple users with a technology meant to find lost and stolen devices to have our privacy violated.

 

[USB-Adapter]

Tim Creepey.

 

[Wahlstrm]

Thankfully it’s still fully possible to opt out of stealing other people’s Apple devices.

 

[michaelflynn]

Pathetic cope from an absolute loser.

 

[kuito]

Worst take.

 

[2low_tech]

Per Tim Sweeney, thieves have a right to privacy with your stolen property.🤔

 

[skippermonkey]

Tim Sweeney is super creepy.

 

[BC2009]

I half expected the second part of this story to be Sweeney introducing his alternative Find My app that tracked your location in exactly the same way.

Sweeney is an idiot.

 

[Bobajobbob]

He's a moron. Find my is one of, if not the best feature of Apple devices for parents.

 

[drumcat]

A thief does not have the right to privacy. These libertarian CEOs are just not in the real world. Why we reward them is beyond me.

 

[kkclstuff]

wait, what?...

If it was stolen from his car, it must have been in "sleep" or "shutdown" mode. And in either case, the laptop could not be accessed if it was password protected. SO whether it's a day or a year later, it should not be able to be used. And if it can't be used, why would the thief keep the laptop plugged-in/charged up?

Find My only works once the device is powered on, 'online', and logged into an apple account— which would be impossible with a password protected Mac. (Especially after theft once the owner 'locks' the device.)

Did the thief have his laptop password?
Did the thief also have his Apple account login?


there ALOT wrong with that story
ugh