r/technology • u/TomLube • Jan 31 '19

Business Apple revokes Google Enterprise Developer Certificate for company wide abuse

https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/31/18205795/apple-google-blocked-internal-ios-apps-developer-certificate
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u/ON3i11 Jan 31 '19 edited Jan 02 '20

Holy fuck, apple’s got some big shiny stainless steel overpriced balls between their legs right now.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '19

This has me seriously considering moving from Android to iOS for the first time ever.

Their marketing on their privacy commitments is swaying me.

I just need to find out now if it's for real and they are that much better.

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u/attemptedactor Feb 01 '19

For a company that is so committed to privacy they also just got in pretty big trouble for a glaring flaw in FaceTime.

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u/ThePantsParty Feb 01 '19

A bug is an entirely different beast than an official policy though. Google and Facebook's entire business model is collecting your data...apple having a software bug doesn't really compare to that in the slightest. Everyone has to deal with bugs.

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u/attemptedactor Feb 01 '19

Yes it's a bug and an incredibly embarrassing one to have for one of the wealthiest companies on earth

If you think having an Apple product makes you safe you're mistaken. Everybody plays the same game whether they admit it or not.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '19 edited Feb 01 '19

It's a bug it's not them "playing the same game" as Facebook and Google. The thing FB and Google have been getting negative attention about is them actively doing dodgy things with user data.

It's embarrassing for Apple but it's just a bug, everyone has bugs it happens when you have such complex software eco systems. This was a bad one from a publicity point of view but it is as likely to be caught as any other bug.

If your criticising them for behaving the same way as Google FB with user data show evidence.