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So, what are the **specific ** privacy problems with Apple Maps?

The two things are orthogonal

Fair enough.

If your concern is privacy, do you have a particular problem with Apple Maps?

If your concern is privacy, do you have a particular problem with Apple Maps?

I was going to say the same about the 15 minute doze while driving, but add that the same works at work for me. There will
Be times when I am reading the same paragraph 4 times and I will know it is time for me to book a meeting room for 30 minutes.

Lie on the floor, set an alarm for 15 minutes, out like a light. Very restorative.

Probably works the other way around - FBI detects the problem at various IP addresses, patches them, then contacts the iISP and asks them to contact the customer who had x.y.z IP address

I suspect it might have been problematic to tip off the malware operators that the network was about to be shut down. Apparently customers are going to be informed via their ISPs now. I guess some if them may decide to junk the routers.

How would you like the router owners to have been alerted?

So, are you implying that the malware wasn’t involved in an attempted attack on critical infrastructure? Or do you seriously think the FBI persuaded a judge to let them go this as a front for doing something worse? Or are you just being edgy for the LOLs?

From the orginal linked reporting, it appears that previously Apple would accept a subpoena subpoena issued by police departments and law enforcement agencies with no judicial oversight. Under the new policy there has to be a court order or a search warrant, both of which have to be approved by a judge.

This feels like a tightening to me. https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/13/apple-push-notifications-government-warrant/

Previously they required a subpoena, now they require a court order. So what was the lie?

They can probably just make it a requirement for OEMs that want to license Windows for a pre-install.

You mean the ones who routinely come out saying how X corporation stole their work and they received nothing for it?

Yes.The ones who routinely use copyright to get some form of payment. I know several people who had their photographs reublished by the Daily Mail and subsequently got payment. It happens. It’s an imperfect system, but still one that allows small artists to make a living.

he amount of times an artist “wins” in the system vs a corporation is laughable.

I mean, it really isn’t. It’s the entire backbone of an industry whereby, for example a photographer or illustrator can supply woirk to a magazine on a single use license. It’s how people who supply photo libraries make a living. It’s how small bands have at least some protection.

And protecting copyright is supporting big corporations.

Apart from - you know, all the photographers, designers, authors and musicians out there.

Interestingly, it looks as if nothing was really called innovative before 1960, with usage peaking in 2000, and its now in decline

https://www.etymonline.com/word/innovative

Can you give an example of something that actually was innovative, that no-one called innovative?

You’ll presumably be amazed at what can be trademarked then. The one interesting thing that no-one has successfully managed to trademark yet in the UK (and I think the US) is a smell.

No, the article is clear evidence that they are imperfect - not that they don’t generally care about user privacy. In general the work they have done on privacy has been pretty good. Apple mandating end-to-end encryption might be something that they sholuld have done - and that’s a reasonable criticism, but it looks like it is possible for individual app makers to encrypt their notifications: . There’s syill the metadata, of course.

If I am being paid to shill for Apple they are being particularly tardy with their payments. But to answer your question, no - I’m a user who is privacy conscious and thinks Apple does a reasonable job.

I am, however always interested in knowing about where they are falling down so I can mitigate. General handy wavy accusations don’t really help me practically - or indeed anyone.