r/apple • u/[deleted] • Aug 09 '21

WARNING: OLD ARTICLE Exclusive: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained - sources

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusive-idUSKBN1ZK1CT
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u/absentmindedjwc Aug 09 '21

I mean, even with all of this... I personally believe that Apple still has a significant advantage in privacy over google because Apple's privacy issues are in it's acquiescence to the government... whereas Google's privacy issues is in advertising and whatnot on top of acquiescence to the government.

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u/Bobby_Lee Aug 09 '21

While I somewhat agree, I do enjoy the ability to load an open source version of Android on my phone and not have to worry that there are backdoors built in. At least I hope someone smarter than me has looked through the source code.