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Comment by dylan604

1 month ago

> There is also no guarantee that Apple isn't lying about everything.

Other than their entire reputation

Maybe your threat model can tolerate an "oopsie woopsie". Politically exposed persons probably cannot.

  • If you don't personally write the software stack on your devices, at some point you have to trust a third party.

    • I would trust a company more if their random features sending data are opt-in.

      A non-advertized feature, which is not independently verified, which about image contents? I would be prefer independent verification of their claims.

    • Agreed, but surely you see a difference between an open source implementation that is out for audit by anyone, and a closed source implementation that is kept under lock & key? They could both be compromised intentionally or unintentionally, but IMHO one shows a lot more good faith than the other.

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    • The developer-to-user trust required in the context of open-source software is substantially less than in proprietary software. this much is evident.