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Mark Zuckerberg Reportedly Told Staff Facebook Needs to 'Inflict Pain' on Apple Over Privacy Dispute
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Correct me if I'm wrong please but doesn't the "ask for permission" be not really there as by default the privacy is switched on so its automatically assuming you don't want to be tracked? So why are all the articles about users allowing apps to track them when in settings the feature is on by default so only a person that intentionally turns the feature off to start having individual request will actually see the permissions.
Who, in their right state of mind, would actually remove the default option and would want the apps to ask you?
Who, in their right state of mind, would actually remove the default option and would want the apps to ask you?
I don't get why targeted advertising is so "evil" to everyone... I mean... I would much rather see ads for products that are relevant to me and some random crap.
That is a personal stuff. Evil but different from screwing other people. I said differemt, not better or less evil or anything equivalent.
I don't think it's personalized ads for products that are bad. The problems are:
1 - They're collecting personal info which could be used against you if it ended up in the wrong hands. IE, answers to security questions which would allow a hacker into your bank account. Most people also have personal info somehow contained in their passwords/codes, IE, birthdays or anniversaries, or sports teams, or names of people or makes of cars or types of food. Everyone knows they're bad passwords, but we're told that not just because it's bad, but because breaches tell us that people are still doing it all the time.
Or other embarrassing things that people could be blackmailed over. IE, whether they're fertile, or if they needed therapy or intervention of something... these companies harvest this info without our knowledge. Maybe nobody at Facebook is evil, but it's possible that Facebook's security is breached, and then nefarious actors have this info. Except that's not even needed - Facebook will just sell the info to whoever will pay for it.
2 - Then there's the issue that some ads want to influence behavior, not sell a product. Ads trying to discourage drinking and driving are good. Ads trying to discourage you from voting, to suppress turnout for a candidate or position? That's generally considered evil. It's nice that Facebook has said they won't do political ads anymore, but I suspect there's other more subtle/sinister ways thought manipulation via ads can be used.
Maybe a foreign country could do a disinformation campaign in a rivaling nation so that people don't have as many kids, or engage in riskier behaviors, or make stupid choices in college, all to drive down a nation's GDP over the course of a generation. That was all off the top of my head just now... it's not hard to imagine how this works. The US engaged in propaganda to suppress morale since at least WWII and through the Cold War. The Koreas do it to each other all the time right now. Seems like targeted ads makes for a trivial way of doing this - no need to drop pamphlets or set up broadcasting stations.
I can't wait till the day Apple removes Facebook off their App Store when they find out Facebook will do some sort of privacy bypass to avoid Apple's requirement.
Facebook made its billions on a dodgy business model and now that's coming to an end. Tough s***, little Mr. Sugarmountain. The thought that FB can inflict pain on Apple is hilariously arrogant and presumptuous.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend!
And that's why Apple needs to be force to open iOS up just like macOS, they should not be able to stop people from using something on their *cough* own device. I would also love if Apple remove Facebook from the AppStore, this would be the quickest way to reach that goal, and open peoples eyes how severe the situation is.
Less wishful than you think. Apple's favorite tactic is to leverage the opinion of people. They had used this in the US plenty. Can you imagine if Apple took the hard route against the US government and stopped selling iPhones here?
They have a growing market share in China as wealth is becoming more wide spread (unlike the US their middle class is growing). They know that they will be able to leverage this in time against the Chinese restrictions. Tim Cook is a frighteningly strategic and patient individual and I suspect this is his plan.
If your company needs to spy on people to survive, then that company needs to die.
"Apple's ATT is about maximizing Apple profits..." Well, Apple protects my privacy better than the competition, so I buy their products. I GUESS you could make that case kind of the way a waiter is about maximizing earnings by providing great service. That is pretty much how it is supposed to work.
And, in this case, it IS working.
As opposed to Facebook's version of maximizing profits: running a private intelligence agency that spies on its own customers and sells that information to anyone with a line of credit, and censors those that it disagrees with "to protect the community" while allowing vile lies and hatred to be perpetuated as long as it isn't being threatened.
And, in this case, it IS working.
As opposed to Facebook's version of maximizing profits: running a private intelligence agency that spies on its own customers and sells that information to anyone with a line of credit, and censors those that it disagrees with "to protect the community" while allowing vile lies and hatred to be perpetuated as long as it isn't being threatened.
