[Swordmaker]

Apple CEO Tim Cook Makes It Clear Where He Stands on Data Privacy and the Country’s ‘Founding Principles’ in a speech before the Electronic Privacy Information Center — PING!

Apple's stand on Personal Data privacy Ping!

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[Swordmaker]

Thanks for the heads up.

[Afterguard]

Good for Mr. Cook. Despite his (and Apples’) left-leaning ethos, I like their approach to online security. It’s one of the reasons we no longer have a single MS device in the house. Apple fan boy now...

[Regulator]

Gee. Timmy Cook said this.

Well good for him.

Hope it’s not just marketing.

“If you put a key under a mat just for the cops, a burglar can find it, too”

That’s a great line, and ABSOLUTELY true about operating systems.

[Organic Panic]

I am amazed anyone has facebook. People put their most intimate details about every aspect of their lives on that infernal site.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I hope this puts the pressure on all other firms that roll over too easily.

[mad_as_he$$]

iPhone and iPad users have long been able to laud the superior security of their devices over rivals. But it seems one crucial aspect has been forgotten: what if the hacker is Apple AAPL +0.18%?

Responding to an eye opening talk from forensic scientist Jonathan Zdziarski at the Hackers On Planet Earth conference on Friday Apple has issued a formal statement acknowledging the existence of services running on iOS which can bypass encryption to access user data (the classic ‘backdoor‘), but claims they do not compromise user privacy or security.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2014/07/22/every-iphone-has-a-security-backdoor/