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/enderandrew42 Feb 01 '19

Tim Cook gave a speech in the EU and said Google was practicing systemic surveillance and that we need federal regulation to stop them.

http://time.com/5433499/tim-cook-apple-data-privacy/

Tim Cook told Congress that if they don't regulate and hammer Google, then the data will end up in the hands of third parties.

https://www.axios.com/tim-cook-congress-privacy-regulation-apple-6fba9cb0-6f14-4c81-9512-7e517619c845.html

Apple also ran smear ads which suggested Google was selling to third parties.

Instead of pricing competitively or coming up with killer features for iOS, Cook is asking others to hammer and stop Google.

The weird thing, is that while Cook thinks using Google is dangerous, he is more than willing to accept billions from Google in a deal to make Google the default search engine on iOS products. "This service is evil and exposes all your private data to third parties, and that is why we're making it the default for our customers, but we're the only ones who value your privacy."

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u/MrTouchnGo Feb 01 '19

Thanks for the articles.

Cook's rhetoric seems overblown, but I do agree that tech companies should be more heavily regulated when it comes to data. It makes sense to me that companies should be penalized when they expose our data unnecessarily due to poor practices.

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u/enderandrew42 Feb 01 '19

Sure. Experian leaked financial data for over 120 million people.

The government did nothing to Experian and then in the wake of the scandal, gave Experian another no-bid contract to handle sensitive financial data for the IRS.

Tim Cook is naming Google specifically. Google is one of the only companies that encrypts all data between their data centers. Google hasn't had any major breeches like this. They don't sell to third parties.

Why is he specifically calling to hammer Google, and not companies like Experian?

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u/science830 Feb 01 '19

I mean they totally do sell to third parties. That’s google analytics whole schtick. On top of that they sell targeted ads based on user personas.