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  • TLDR edit: I’m supporting the above comment - ie. i do not support apple’s actions in this case.


    It’s definitely good for people to learn a bit about homomorphic computing, and let’s give some credit to apple for investing in this area of technology.

    That said:

    1. Encryption in the majority of cases doesn’t actually buy absolute privacy or security, it buys time - see NIST’s criteria of ≥30 years for AES. It will almost certainly be crackable <oneday> either by weakening or other advances… How many people are truly able to give genuine informed consent in that context?

    2. Encrypting something doesn’t always work out as planned, see example:

    “DON’T WORRY BRO, ITS TOTALLY SAFE, IT’S ENCRYPTED!!”

    Source

    Yes Apple is surely capable enough to avoid simple, documented, mistakes such as above, but it’s also quite likely some mistake will be made. And we note, apple are also extremely likely capable of engineering leaks and concealing it or making it appear accidental (or even if truly accidental, leveraging it later on).

    Whether they’d take the risk, whether their (un)official internal policy would support or reject that is ofc for the realm of speculation.

    That they’d have the technical capability to do so isn’t at all unlikely. Same goes for a capable entity with access to apple infrastructure.

    1. The fact they’ve chosen to act questionably regarding user’s ability to meaningfully consent, or even consent at all(!), suggests there may be some issues with assuming good faith on their part.





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    Here’s why knowing the above i still donate to wikipedia.

    Because we don’t want them to be in a position where they take money with strings attached. Imo its good for them to be reminded they serve the public first and foremost.


  • that’s great buddy. but while recapping basic IT facts might make you feel smart on facebook. this is lemmy where the average user 1 is perfectly familiar the principles. here it just telegraphs to us that you didn’t read the fucking article (which would’ve taken less time than spamming the thread & insulting users btw).

    1 before the influx of reddit api refugees - on that topic do you ever reflect on how corporate bootlicking might relate to the over-corporatisation of reddit which led to users fleeing? only to come here and do unpaid simping for the corporations, slowly ruining this place too?








  • you are basically correct, and i believe these concerns were raised when that apple patent hit the news.

    essentially it boils down to the unpleasant fact that it’s simply currently not required.

    1. recording & sharing recordings of such activities has already been outlawed in certain jurisdictions.

    2. media & public narrative is already tightly controlled.

    3. they already routinely get away with worse crimes against the public for the above reasons.

    4. even if a handful of individuals face some vague justice, the public foots the bill with tax payer funded settlements.

    one day something similar to that apple patent probably will happen though, especially as corporations merge further with our legal systems, and it’ll be labelled a breach of copyright because their uniforms have sony logos or some such