Go on ….

So, what are the **specific ** privacy problems with Apple Maps?

The two things are orthogonal

Fair enough.

If your concern is privacy, do you have a particular problem with Apple Maps?

If your concern is privacy, do you have a particular problem with Apple Maps?

From the orginal linked reporting, it appears that previously Apple would accept a subpoena subpoena issued by police departments and law enforcement agencies with no judicial oversight. Under the new policy there has to be a court order or a search warrant, both of which have to be approved by a judge.

This feels like a tightening to me. https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/13/apple-push-notifications-government-warrant/

Previously they required a subpoena, now they require a court order. So what was the lie?

Why wouldn’t the IRS want to get tax returns filed directly from the tax payers,

I’m sure they would but some well-funded lobbyists have decided that excluding the free market would be detrimental to The American Way of Life™️

You’ll have to fill in a form to prove that, I’m afraid :)

Have a good day.

That’s not to do with copying anyone though. It’s just an intrinsic problem with the complexity: “We’re pretty sure we have the information needed to calculate your tax? No worries, we won’t brother you. Affairs are more complicated? We’ll have to ask you for help”

I’m not sure how you drew that conclusion from what I said.

In the UK, I’ve certainly had times when I’ve paid too much and they refunded me.

In the UK, if you are basically employed by one employer with minimal savings, you don’t have to fill in a tax return. As soon as things get a bit more complicated- you are self-employed or have multiple streams of income, you have to fill in a return

…and the UK online form is really good, in my opinion.

No, the article is clear evidence that they are imperfect - not that they don’t generally care about user privacy. In general the work they have done on privacy has been pretty good. Apple mandating end-to-end encryption might be something that they sholuld have done - and that’s a reasonable criticism, but it looks like it is possible for individual app makers to encrypt their notifications: . There’s syill the metadata, of course.

If I am being paid to shill for Apple they are being particularly tardy with their payments. But to answer your question, no - I’m a user who is privacy conscious and thinks Apple does a reasonable job.

I am, however always interested in knowing about where they are falling down so I can mitigate. General handy wavy accusations don’t really help me practically - or indeed anyone.

That’s a claim. You haven’t given any tangible evidence that it’s a lie, you just talk in handywavy generalities

So rather that talking in generalities what specific lies have they told about respect for privacy?

Hang on - what exactly did they lie about?

That sounds like a cracking idea, the suggestion is that something in Apple’s ToS prevents this generally - but is that the case, if Signal manages it?