Tim Cook Visits Europe Ahead of Brussels Privacy Conference

[MacRumors]

Later this week, Apple CEO Tim Cook is set to speak at the European Data Protection Conference in Brussels during the "Debating Ethics: Dignity and Respect in Data Driven Life" session.

Ahead of the event on Wednesday, Cook is in Europe visiting app developers and filmmakers who work with the iPhone. Cook has been sharing his European adventures on Twitter.

Cook visiting the developers behind Asana Rebel, a yoga app​

Cook started off the week in Berlin, where he met with developer Peter Kolski and took a look at mauAR, an upcoming augmented reality app that will display the Berlin Wall as it was prior to its demolition in the 1990s.

Schön, wieder einmal in Berlin zu sein! Thank you @peterkolski and the mauAR team for bringing the Berlin Wall's history to life through augmented reality -- a new way to learn from the past. We are looking forward to seeing your app on the App Store! pic.twitter.com/NhwGUUgG2O-- Tim Cook (@tim_cook) October 21, 2018

Cook went on to visit the Asana Rebel team, who have created an augmented reality yoga app available on the iOS App Store.

Here's to the rebels! Thanks for the visit, @AsanaRebel, and for sharing your enthusiasm for yoga and wellbeing. 🧘‍♂️ We're thrilled when entrepreneurs like you use the App Store to turn their passion into a thriving global business. pic.twitter.com/G4FOR3HtNK-- Tim Cook (@tim_cook) October 21, 2018

After that, he stopped off in Paris where he met with French filmmaker Claude Lelouch, who shot his upcoming movie on the iPhone.

Bonjour Paris! 🇫🇷 Honored to meet legendary director Claude Lelouch and hear about his upcoming film, which will be #shotoniphone. In 50 years of filmmaking, he says he's "never been happier" than when shooting with iPhone! pic.twitter.com/t5q8J8jOW6-- Tim Cook (@tim_cook) October 22, 2018

Cook then stopped by the offices of Foodvisor in Paris. Foodvisor is an app that is designed to analyze the nutrients in food through a photograph.

Now here's a good reason to snap that photo of your lunch! Had a blast at @foodvisor_app's office in Paris, seeing how their artificial intelligence makes food tracking easy. 🍣 pic.twitter.com/i1NoM1OLM3-- Tim Cook (@tim_cook) October 22, 2018

After visiting Foodvisor, Cook stopped by L'Atelier des Artistes en Exil in Paris, which showcases the artwork of artist refugees around the world.

A profoundly moving visit to @aartistesenexil in Paris. Through their works of creativity and courage, these artists are shining a light on the hardships that so many face as refugees. "On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." pic.twitter.com/rKGz2rlFAX - Tim Cook (@tim_cook) October 22, 2018

Cook has one more day in Europe ahead of the Brussels conference, and he is planning to meet with French president Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace tomorrow, where taxes and developer relationships may be topics of conversation.

Cook will be in Belgium on Wednesday, and following the conference, he may spend some more time in Europe before flying back to the United States to prepare for Apple's October 30th event in New York City.

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[thisisnotmyname]

why is that guy wearing a winter vest indoors?

 

[Rogifan]

In one of these photos it looks like Tim is wearing a Hermés Watch.

 

[Moonlight]

why is that guy wearing a winter vest indoors?

It's "called" style.

 

[iapplelove]

Damn that phone looks huge in Tims pocket lol

 

[Moi Ici]

Hey Tim, I’d love you to come and visit the Apple store in Ireland.....oh wait, there isn’t one!! :/

 

[itsmilo]

why is that guy wearing a winter vest indoors?

Cuz we still have to invent proper AC and heating over here

 

[ruger]

Why doesn't he visit the Ireland office?

 

[thisisnotmyname]

Cuz we still have to invent proper AC and heating over here

But then also being a vest it implies his arms are hot but his chest is cold? Those are some crazy turbulence dead zones.

 

[SeattleMoose]

Brussels is home of the EU...privacy and EU are mutually exclusive.
Nice crepe flip tho....

 

[tridley68]

Everyone seems happy by his visit.

 

[Bistroengine]

Damn, that handheld iPhone rig is a beast. I want to know more about it!

 

[seinman]

Damn, that handheld iPhone rig is a beast. I want to know more about it!

Seriously! I came to the comments to see if anyone was discussing it. Looks like a high-end gimbal that puts my Osmo Mobile 2 to shame.

 

[Williesleg]

Yay Tim!

Do everything except actually run Apple.

You're so smart. And the rest of the world is so dumb. Tell us all how to live.
Oh, and make more watch bands and emojis. Those are fun.

 

[otternonsense]

Typical Tim, pontificating, going off on tangents, and hanging out like a social butterfly for the photo op.

 

[Mr. Dee]

He would make a great ambassador for the US. I couldn't see Steve doing this though. Tim really has put a lot of focus and energy on making Apple more warm even though it has grown into such a powerful trillion dollar behemoth. I bet he can't wait until 2021 though to cash in on that 600 million that's waiting for him.

 

[alfonsog]

I think Tim has done great as CEO and I wouldn't mind going out with him as he's deceptively dominant as he hides behind his childlike obsession with magical things; that's my type! He's only 57 he could be CEO for a long time coming. My business does a 1.2 million a year and Apple does 229 billion year.

 

[zeesix]

Damn that phone looks huge in Tims pocket lol

That was my first thought as well.

Hey Tim, how about another reasonably sized phone (which doesn't weigh like a brick) that doesn't look ridiculous in non-cargo pant pockets.

 

[Substance90]

He can't even visit Berlin without shamelessly plugging an iPhone ad in his tweet? Why am I surprised or even annoyed at this stage...

Brussels is home of the EU...privacy and EU are mutually exclusive.
Nice crepe flip tho....

Forgot the sarcasm tag?

Also, that pancake is way too fat to be Crêpes. It's probably just regular American pancake.

 

[asiga]

[...]set to speak at the European Data Protection Conference in Brussels during the "Debating Ethics: Dignity and Respect in Data Driven Life" session. [...]

Ta-daaa... they are showing their real intentions through the session title: Their goal is not complete protection for privacy, but managing our data "with dignity and respect" (ie: they assume they have our data, and don't aim at changing that, because they want it that way... so they add the camouflage of managing it "with dignity and respect"... which in an eerie way reminds me of the ideology that defends "letting people die with dignity and respect").

Sorry, but no: First, I reject to live a "data driven life" if it means my data coming out from my physical devices. Second, you shouldn't need to discuss dignity and respect to my private data, because it should be my data, and you shouldn't have any access to it at all. As easy as that. Period.

 

[PG(Austin)]

Damn that phone looks huge in Tims pocket lol

Oh, that's not a phone! ...his phone is in his hand. And I should add I HATE to see phones in front pockets? Ugh! You might as well put a 2x4 in there.

 

[centauratlas]

Now if Apple started encrypting iCloud data like they do on phone data, using an on iPhone/iPad/mac key - e.g. so it can't be decrypted whether in motion or not while on Apple's servers - then I would know that Apple is truly devoted to people's privacy.

Until they do that, I think they are the best of the bunch, but they still need improvement.

 

[tridley68]

It's "called" style.

May his Boss is cheap like mine and does not turn the heat on in the building until mid November.

 

[ubersoldat]

I like that he is aware that there are also great things happening outside the US. It's a good thing!