Apple takes 'very different view' on customer privacy, Cook says - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Apple's CEO tells Charlie Rose that Apple is not in the business of collecting customers' personal information.[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;Bmm5faI_mLo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmm5faI_mLo[/video] [QUOTE]Attempting to set Apple apart from its Silicon Valley brethren who have been caught up in a government surveillance scandal, Apple CEO Tim Cook says the iPhone maker is not in the business of collecting its customers' personal information. In the final installment of a two-part interview with Charlie Rose, Cook said Apple has taken a "very different view" about the collection of customer information than other companies. "Our business is not based on having information about you. You're not our product," Cook said. "Our product are these, and this watch, and Macs and so forth. And so we run a very different company. I think everyone has to ask, how do companies make their money? Follow the money. And if they're making money mainly by collecting gobs of personal data, I think you have a right to be worried. And you should really understand what's happening to that data, and the companies -- I think -- should be very transparent." As opposed to Google and Microsoft, who scan their customers emails to sell targeted advertising or prevent spam or malware, Cook points out that its proprietary iMessage text messaging platform doesn't allow that kind of activity. "We're not reading your email. We're not reading your iMessage," he said. "If the government laid a subpoena on us to get your iMessage, we can't provide it. It's encrypted and we don't have the key." Indeed, the encryption used in Apple's chat service has stymied attempts by federal law enforcement agents to eavesdrop on suspects' conversations, an internal government document revealed last year. Discussing a February 2013 criminal investigation, an internal Drug Enforcement Administration document seen by CNET last year warned that because of the use of encryption, "it is impossible to intercept iMessages between two Apple devices" even with a court order approved by a federal judge. Cook also said that he believes the government erred in its data-collection efforts, which reportedly sought a great deal of customer phone, email, and metadata information from Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. "I think it's a tough balance," Cook said. "And I don't think that the country or the government's found the right balance. I think they erred too much on the collect-everything side. And I think the president and the administration [are] committed to kind of moving that pendulum back."[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-takes-very-different-view-on-customer-privacy-cook-says/[/url]

... Yessss, joining PRISM right after Jobs kicks the bucket is indeed technically taking a 'very different view' on customer privacy.

[QUOTE=nikomo;45992095]... Yessss, joining PRISM right after Jobs kicks the bucket is indeed technically taking a 'very different view' on customer privacy.[/QUOTE] Yup. Everyone knows their view is, and has always been, "You don't have any". As it is with any company that is in a position to monetize your information.

Oh shit he's right, I'm being scroogled

You can't use anything nowadays without waiving your right to privacy.

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;45992223]You can't use anything nowadays without waiving your right to privacy.[/QUOTE] the privacy debate going on currently is so laughably childish and asinine i have trouble understanding how grown adults have developed these feelings of extreme betrayal by massive corporations like facebook and apple for "misusing" their data dont want facebook or apple giving your name and email and interests and web searches away? dont use their services. dont give them the info. people complain about privacy "violations" while volunteering every minuscule aspect of their existence to monolithic data farming companies all so they can let their facebook friends know they enjoy watching south park. the NSA scandal is a whole different story, but as far as stuff like facebook goes, i figure if you dont want them to mess about with your info, just dont give it to them

[QUOTE=nikomo;45992095]... Yessss, joining PRISM right after Jobs kicks the bucket is indeed technically taking a 'very different view' on customer privacy.[/QUOTE] To be fair they were the last people to jump onto PRISM probably after repeated amounts of nagging, whining and threats. Google and Microsoft jumped on fairly quickly.

So wait, their idea of privacy is to "not keep the data in the first place". Wow, that's only been around since the first pay VPNs.

All of this sounds very "we don't spy on you, sweary-swear :^)" with no substantial anything to back that fact up. I'd say to try and test it by setting up a fake terrorist attack on iMessage and see how long until they come and get you.

[QUOTE=deyoppe;45992658]All of this sounds very "we don't spy on you, sweary-swear :^)" with no substantial anything to back that fact up. I'd say to try and test it by setting up a fake terrorist attack on iMessage and see how long until they come and get you.[/QUOTE] well it did say this [QUOTE]Discussing a February 2013 criminal investigation, an internal Drug Enforcement Administration document seen by CNET last year warned that because of the use of encryption, "it is impossible to intercept iMessages between two Apple devices" even with a court order approved by a federal judge.[/QUOTE]