Quote:Apple CEO Tim Cook today called on the US government to pass "a comprehensive federal privacy law," saying that tech companies that collect wide swaths of user data are engaging in surveillance.

Speaking at the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC) in Brussels, Cook said that businesses are creating "an enduring digital profile" of each user and that the trade of such data "has exploded into a data-industrial complex."

"This is surveillance," Cook said. "And these stockpiles of personal data serve only to enrich the companies that collect them. This should make us very uncomfortable."

Quote:We at Apple are in full support of a comprehensive federal privacy law in the United States. There, and everywhere, it should be rooted in four essential rights:

First, the right to have personal data minimized. Companies should challenge themselves to de-identify customer data—or not to collect it in the first place.

Second, the right to knowledge. Users should always know what data is being collected and what it is being collected for. This is the only way to empower users to decide what collection is legitimate and what isn't. Anything less is a sham.

Third, the right to access. Companies should recognize that data belongs to users, and we should all make it easy for users to get a copy of, correct, and delete their personal data.

And fourth, the right to security. Security is foundational to trust and all other privacy rights.

Quote:saying that tech companies that collect wide swaths of user data are engaging In surveillance.

(10-26-2018, 05:58 AM)mothered Wrote: This comes as no surprise.

Quote:saying that tech companies that collect wide swaths of user data are engaging In surveillance.

We all have our right to privacy, and It's good to read measures are being taken to "try" and keep It that way.

(10-26-2018, 09:45 PM)Tarew Wrote: So even if we can never fully reclaim our privacy from the internet

Spoiler:

(10-27-2018, 02:51 AM)mothered Wrote:

(10-26-2018, 09:45 PM)Tarew Wrote: So even if we can never fully reclaim our privacy from the internet

This will never happen.

We can do our utmost best to anonymize and protect our Identity/data, but the question always Is "how safe Is your Information with a given entity?". I exploit on a daily basis, and the Information I obtain Is alarming to say the least.

This Is a huge marketing company that I recently exploited based In the US. The data stored In their back-end could be any one of us. I have full raid on their systems.

Spoiler:

(10-27-2018, 06:31 AM)Tarew Wrote:

(10-27-2018, 02:51 AM)mothered Wrote:

(10-26-2018, 09:45 PM)Tarew Wrote: So even if we can never fully reclaim our privacy from the internet

This will never happen.

We can do our utmost best to anonymize and protect our Identity/data, but the question always Is "how safe Is your Information with a given entity?". I exploit on a daily basis, and the Information I obtain Is alarming to say the least.

This Is a huge marketing company that I recently exploited based In the US. The data stored In their back-end could be any one of us. I have full raid on their systems.

Spoiler:

That's terrifying to say the least. The scariest part about that to me is the fact that just a single individual with a passion for hacking managed to get data like that.

Quote:yea companies are collecting too much data, here is an example of what facebook is willing to openly talk about, imagine what they're keeping secret?

(04-01-2021, 08:46 AM)JayWhito Wrote:

Quote:yea companies are collecting too much data, here is an example of what facebook is willing to openly talk about, imagine what they're keeping secret?

It was no secret that companies along with the government know absolutely everything about us. Snowden said that bigtech companies like Facebook and Google are willing to share user's private data in exchange for benefits, corporate welfare, and lobbyism. It's sad.