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Apple privacy letter (Law enforcement through your phone)

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Bud:

--- Quote from: Halcyon on August 09, 2021, 10:53:07 am ---I'm not sure what people are concerned about? If you use Apple devices or upload data to any number of cloud services, this stuff has been happening for many years. Most people just don't bother to read the EULA before they click "agree".

This isn't new information.

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And FBI paid a million dollars to a 3rd party to break into the shooter's iPhone because of why?

BravoV:

--- Quote from: Bud on August 09, 2021, 02:54:58 pm ---And FBI paid a million dollars to a 3rd party to break into the shooter's iPhone because of why?

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Probably inter departments ego thingy like NSA won't share it's backdoors to other depts, also from budgeting POV, and maybe corruption too, e.g.: Pegasus fiasco.

Halcyon:

--- Quote from: Bud on August 09, 2021, 02:54:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: Halcyon on August 09, 2021, 10:53:07 am ---I'm not sure what people are concerned about? If you use Apple devices or upload data to any number of cloud services, this stuff has been happening for many years. Most people just don't bother to read the EULA before they click "agree".

This isn't new information.

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And FBI paid a million dollars to a 3rd party to break into the shooter's iPhone because of why?

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Because they wanted evidence from a handset and to do so required bypassing Apple's security. Such a thing wasn't available then (to the digital forensics community). That same technology can be bought today for peanuts (but you have to be a special person to buy it). Works all the way up to the current iPhones and IOS versions. Don't forget, the "San Bernardino" example was over 6 years ago now. A lot has changed since then.

You're also talking about acquiring data from an offline handset vs. analysing evidence on a live device or in-the-cloud. Also data acquisitions were possible even back then for older Apple handsets, just not the iPhone 5C.

PlainName:
Just in case you thought "you won't have a problem if you've got nothing to hide", here's a precautionary tale of how Google will kill your digital life stone dead:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveillance-toddler-photo.html


--- Quote ---A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal.

Google has an automated tool to detect abusive images of children. But the system can get it wrong, and the consequences are serious.
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SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on August 22, 2022, 01:29:53 pm ---Just in case you thought "you won't have a problem if you've got nothing to hide", here's a precautionary tale of how Google will kill your digital life stone dead:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveillance-toddler-photo.html


--- Quote ---A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal.

Google has an automated tool to detect abusive images of children. But the system can get it wrong, and the consequences are serious.
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What a terrible story.   Really people who fall victim to false accusations like this should be entitled to compensation.

As for trusting Big Tech....   well, as long as you understand that the device and the information you put on it isn't your private property, their products are definitely usable.

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