Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL that a high school in Pennsylvania issued an Apple MacBook to each of its 2,306 students, then remotely activated the webcams to spy on the students at home.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1819arrow-down14
arrow-up1815arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a high school in Pennsylvania issued an Apple MacBook to each of its 2,306 students, then remotely activated the webcams to spy on the students at home.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-squareNateNate60@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59arrow-down28·1 month ago“I like Apple devices because they respect my privacy”
minus-square667@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up73arrow-down7·1 month agoExcept for the part where all that’s been preempted by organizational settings. Out of the box, Apple does fairly well.
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down10·1 month agoGotta respect a company that tells the US government to pound sand with regularity (when they want a phone cracked)
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down5·edit-21 month ago“Apple gave data to law enforcement 90% of the time” Apple’s apparent privacy stance is just marketing
minus-squareJCreazy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 month agoAren’t they required to by law?
minus-squarethallamabond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoWithout a warrant no, but for the most part they do it willingly.
minus-squareMoneo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down4·1 month ago Gotta respect a company No you don’t
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoFair point! Fuck 'em. Theres always more reasons to NOT respect a corporation than there are to respect them.
minus-squareji17brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoIt’s worth noting that in recent MacBooks the camera can’t turn on if the led is off. It’s an electrical thing, not a software thing.
“I like Apple devices because they respect my privacy”
Except for the part where all that’s been preempted by organizational settings.
Out of the box, Apple does fairly well.
Gotta respect a company that tells the US government to pound sand with regularity (when they want a phone cracked)
“Apple gave data to law enforcement 90% of the time”
Apple’s apparent privacy stance is just marketing
Aren’t they required to by law?
Without a warrant no, but for the most part they do it willingly.
No you don’t
Fair point! Fuck 'em. Theres always more reasons to NOT respect a corporation than there are to respect them.
It’s worth noting that in recent MacBooks the camera can’t turn on if the led is off. It’s an electrical thing, not a software thing.