Apple runs a business where the sole reason is to make money, thats fine.
Wrong again.
At a shareholders meeting on Friday [2/28/2014], CEO Tim Cook angrily defended Apple's environmentally-friendly practices against a request from the conservative National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) to drop those practices if they ever became unprofitable.
NCPPR put forward a shareholder's proposal asking Apple to disclose how much it spends on sustainability programs. If those costs detracted from Apple's bottom line, the NCPPR demanded that Apple discontinue the programs and commit only to projects that are explicitly profitable. Cook apparently became angry at the group's request. According to an account from MacObserver:
What ensued was the only time I can recall seeing Tim Cook angry, and he categorically rejected the worldview behind the NCPPR's advocacy. He said that there are many things Apple does because they are right and just, and that a return on investment (ROI) was not the primary consideration on such issues.
"When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind," he said, "I don't consider the bloody ROI." He said that the same thing about environmental issues, worker safety, and other areas where Apple is a leader.
…
He didn't stop there, however, as he looked directly at the NCPPR representative and said, "If you want me to do things only for ROI reasons, you should get out of this stock."
The FBI also runs a business, national security.
But, like corporate businesses, the FBI and DOJ *are* still subject to the US Constitution and to the laws in place.
As the ACLU's Principal Technologist said, the longer the agency keeps its methods secret, "the more they are gambling that no other entity will discover this flaw," which could lead to disastrous consequences in the wrong hands.
In other words:
Either FBI keeps such vulnerabilities secret in the hope that they will continue to be able to use them, in which case, INEVITABLY, some 3rd-party hackers will discover them, and likely sell them to Russia, and Iran, and North Korea … and do you think those entities are more likely to target you and me, or the FBI and the DOJ?
OR
The FBI reveals the vulnerability to the maker of the equipment, and that maker patches the vulnerability, preventing those malicious hackers (and the FBI) to go searching for different and more obscure ways to penetrate this security.
There is absolutely no doubt whatsoever that Apple is already looking more deeply into how it can further secure my data and devices. Even *I* can think of some methods (aside from the fact that my own devices are *already* significantly more secure than the iPhone 5c in question here.
__._,_.___
Posted by: Jim Saklad <jimdoc@icloud.com>
| Reply via web post | • | Reply to sender | • | Reply to group | • | Start a New Topic | • | Messages in this topic (8) |
Have you tried the highest rated email app?
With 4.5 stars in iTunes, the Yahoo Mail app is the highest rated email app on the market. What are you waiting for? The Yahoo Mail app is fast, beautiful and intuitive. Try it today!
.
__,_._,___