Comment by dylan604
1 month ago
> There is also no guarantee that Apple isn't lying about everything.
Other than their entire reputation
1 month ago
> There is also no guarantee that Apple isn't lying about everything.
Other than their entire reputation
A reputation has to be earned again and again.
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.