Did you know? The word 'Taiwan' would crash iOS thanks to a buggy filter for the Chinese govt Apple's attempt to filter out text on its iPhones to appease the Chinese government would crash iOS – and now that bug, or feature, has been fixed. Infosec whizkid Patrick Wardle revealed today that CVE-2018-4290, a denial of service flaw in iOS 11.3 and earlier, was in fact a programming blunder Apple introduced when it …
This sort of political engineering makes me sick.
I remember being pretty shocked to learn that we kept two time zone databases, one that reflected the facts on the ground vis a vis Israel and one which completely denied the existence of Jerusalem for the reality challenged community.
I've got plenty of sympathy for the plight of the Palestinians, but that doesn't extend to flattering them and the rest of the Israeli hostile Arab world when they want to engage in delusional wishful thinking.
I think it'd be better if the phone just crashed whenever the Orwellian censorship engine was supposed to kick in. At least then the user would know something was wrong with their world.
The reality is corporations are amoral entities with only one purpose for existence. All attempts by corporate spokesmen to anthropomorphize them as having human feelings are manure. Good is black ink and bad is red ink. Humans are a source of black ink, nothing more.
"The reality is corporations are amoral entities with only one purpose for existence."
Apple is a publicly traded corporation. Like all publicly traded corporations, the shareholders only care about profits. They don't want to hear "we lost billions because we made an honorable decision". If shareholders heard those words, they will force out the CEO and bring in someone who will make billions, all so their stock price will go up. This is the nature of the beast, and it is both good and bad.
Jerusalem does indeed exist, but most of the World doesn't recognize the Israeli annexation of the whole town and its land-stealing and people eviction policy. In your example, the political engineering is to make a specific database to please Israel.
The US seems to gladfully accept that a country invades and annexes its neighbour's land (East Jerusalem annexed by Israel, Crimea annexed by Russia...). I wonder how the US would react if Mexico took back the lands occupied in 1848?
one which completely denied the existence of Jerusalem for the reality challenged community.
You mean "completely denied the fact that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel". That's right, because it, well, isn't Israel's capital. Let me tell you why:
I'm going to buy a pistol, take over your house, kill your wife and children - may God forbid any harm happens to them - and call it mine.
Does that make it really mine? I'm the stronger entity and I took your house by force. Does that give me the right to it?
I've got plenty of sympathy for the plight of the Palestinians, but that doesn't extend to flattering them and the rest of the Israeli hostile Arab world when they want to engage in delusional wishful thinking.
I live in an Arab nation and I'm a Muslim so let me answer this with regards to our community.
Let me make it clear first that we have absolutely no problem with Jews. They believe in the same God as we Muslims and our fellow Christians believe in. There is a large Jewish community in the western part of the Arab world, and we live in peace with them.
That is why I believe that Israel's claim of "anti-Semitism" that they throw upon Arabs and Muslims is groundless.
However, we absolutely have a problem with anybody, anybody, who comes over to the houses of our neighbors with heavy guns, take over their land, spill the blood of their children, and drive them to exodus and madness.
Why? Remember the analogy I gave above about me taking over your house and claiming it to be mine ... that's why.
The people who chant "death to Israel" in protests are the very people whom had their families killed by Israeli forces in 1948 and 1967 and beyond.
But don't get me wrong. I don't advocate the use of force and violence as a solution, and I hate revenge that sheds more blood. But is letting Israel take over Palestinian lands fair? Is letting Intel set up its R&D facilities in Kiryat-Gat, on the rubble of the houses of the Palestinian village of al-Fallujah fair, at least to the fathers and children of the victims?
Hope I explained it! :-)
If anybody has another viewpoint, I'll be glad to hear it!
“This sort of political engineering makes me sick.”
Makes me sick too. But I expect every person commenting on here, including the oh so principled hand wringers, and me, if offered a slice of profit of iPhone sales in China would say “Thank you very much” and pocket the money, and would suddenly find responsibility rests with the Chinese government rather than a business trying to get on and fulfill the purchase wishes of customers who are only addressable by doing what the Chinese government demands.
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Like move your data to their region?
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/apple-moves-icloud-data-china-human-rights-spying-arrests-technology-privacy-a8226541.html
Yep, China has all of apples iCloud data in its country and the encryption keys too....
but I do it anonymously just to stay safe. I am wise.
I don't want to have any trouble with the chinese authorities because they are powerful, enormously heavy handed and they have long reach. Their reach is only getting longer so better not play with them.
If you were wise you would have posted that Taiwan remark anonymously too.
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