Congress just kills me. If these lawmakers are so worried about our privacy, then where is the sweeping privacy legislation covering everything from devices to the web to automakers to advertisers to… you name it. I’ll tell you where: Nowhere because their campaign donors don’t want it.
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U.S. Senators Urge FTC to Investigate Apple for 'Transforming Online Advertising Into an Intense System of Surveillance'
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They are still available for their evolving internal advertising (Apple TV+, news, etc)
Do any states allow the recall of representatives or senators? I don't think so. Article I allows the House and Senate to expel their own members, but Article I seems to indicate that there's no way for the people to remove representatives or senators.
What? For real? These people are so out of touch.
Apple added this anonymous identifier because previously they were collecting our device data in more invasive ways. If Apple locked them out and didn’t offer anything, online advertising wouldn’t function at all and millions of websites would go out of business, including most journalism. Is that what they want?
Apple added this anonymous identifier because previously they were collecting our device data in more invasive ways. If Apple locked them out and didn’t offer anything, online advertising wouldn’t function at all and millions of websites would go out of business, including most journalism. Is that what they want?
Because Apple has A LOT of money, and politicians (D/R/I) all want that money to be in their control, and more importantly, in their pocketbooks.
I'd be curious how many of the politicians on this letter make use of these exact data markets to gain access/insights regarding voters in their states.
Politicians need to be held responsible for their claims and lies just like we the ordinary people are and perhaps even more so because they run the free world. I doubt it as they are often allowed to do as they see fit including messing around with tech companies they have zero clue about by people with equal zero clue.
No, you are thinking of politicians such as Senator Warren who claimed she was native american until proven she was not or how she claimed that Elon Musk was a freeloader and did not pay his fair share of taxes despite paying over $11BILLION in taxes which is over 50% rate. Warren however earned over $25 million and only paid $5000 which is less than 1%.
You don't think people care about tech companies tracking and using people like cattle for their profit? I would say there are probably more then a few people who care about this and would like it if these companies were not given free reign to do whatever they want in the name of technological advancements.
All the things you listed are not halted because this is going on, that is not how the world works. More then 1 thing can be done at a time. Life is not so singular.
Because Bill Gates is seen as can do no wrong and so whilst he is not the boss anymore he did found Microsoft so the politicians will not want to upset him especially considering that he 'controls' a large part of the media through his sponsorship of journalist collages through to media news stations etc.
Zuckerberg I think is right wing so no chance there of him being critiqued by right wing media or lawmakers, Jeff Bezos I have no clue about.
Because they are big, rich and thus seen as a potential threat to the power of the corrupt self serving politicians.
So you do not think that a company can make mistakes and then change for the better? You think they have to be perfect from the start?Tell us how perfect from the start you are?
No, you are confusing Apple with politicians who have a track record of lying and self serving and stealing and yes even attempting to overthrow democracy *cough*Jan 6th *cough*
Wishful thinking. https://www.cga.ct.gov/PS98/rpt\olr\htm/98-R-1540.htm However, I'll bet the threat of a recall would force these elected representatives to do a job for the people and not for the $$$.
No! Firstly Apple did not create this system, it existed a LONG time before Apple came along, take a long look at insurance comapmnies for one. Also Apple may have originally been more in bed with data collection and snooping than they should be but can't they learn from their mistakes? Are you perfect and always have been?
The answer is no and so if you can make mistakes and learn from them why not Apple?
No! This is another dumb move from dumb lawmakers with zero clue about tech as always.
Unfortunately in politics it is absolutely sufficient, to yell around things, you just have heard about and enough people also heard about. No none expects, you to explain, what you are yelling around, because everyone, yelling around as well thinks, you are yelling around the right way, because they do not know, what it is all about, because many are yelling around just because of that...
So it must be ok.
Just because you hate Apple does not make your claims true because you say so.
Different thing entirely as China is not the US, look at a map and you will see. NO smoke or mirrors here.
Do you behave the same in every home you visit? NO!
You would not behave the same in my home the way you would in your own home.....point proven!
Because how dare Apple be successful and rich, only lawmakers should be that successful and rich right? /s
Why are you and so many here ignorant to the fact that a company as a person has the right to change and correct mistakes they make. You all seem to be saying that everyone should be perfect and always have been perfect?
Have you heard of the gangster who cried, Nicky Cruz?
By your logic you all seem to say that he should have stayed a gang member and continued his live of crime and harming people because he was not perfect to start with? Ignore all the good he did in his life since turning to the light, ignore the wrongs he put right, ignore the people he turned to the light and away from the darkness...no let you all complain because how dare he not be perfect as you must be, right?
So you also think that because Apple has not proven they aren't really run by space alien lizards that it must therefore be true? Give me a break with this nonsense!