Re: Errrmmm
I'm not surprised you're confused. The Register are engaging in their usual shoddy reporting and showing yet again that they will do everything they can to dis' Apple. The EFF, a well respected organisation doing important work defending Internet freedoms, have commended Apple. Right well then there's only one thing we can do; lets dis' the EFF. Surely if they are commending Apple, they must be a bunch of money grabbing capitalists spreading corrupt propaganda? So with top reporting integrity, let's, without a shred of evidence, leave hanging the suggestion their report has been bought. Let's put the qualification the EFF provided in response to this unjustified slur at the end of the article so it isn't too close to contradicting the disgracefully misleading sub-head we have left there because if someone pats Apple on the back we love to throw mud at them. Let's have bad enough grace to maintain the suggestion of unethical practice by the EFF, even though they have a history of defending important rights and The Register have NO reason to doubt their work except, oh, Apple under Tim Cooks leadership, are proving to be rather more ethical than our preferred Mega-Corp, Google. Shit our Peak-Apple meme failed. Shit, Apple are open sourcing SWIFT and allowing apps to be installed on devices by any Xcode user (available free) regardless of wether they are members of the development program. Shit Apple have committed to protecting user privacy have published a white paper giving comprehensive detail of how they are protecting it (pretty much ignored by The Register) and are doing a far better job of it than Google.
Seriously Register, you need to start re-evaluating. Increasingly it seems you have picked the wrong mega-corp to assume "super-evil" can always, and without thought, be prepended. Tim Cook basically told the US government they are wrong re-access to private data and to take a hike. Perhaps it's time to simply recognise that, for a CEO of his level, he is a quite surprisingly progressive and has a slight activist bent; and yes that tendency probably is informed by his experiences as a gay man. You're acting like a bunch of kids who the more you are found to be wrong, the more entrenched you become.
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