Apple Privacy Really About Power
Today in the name of freedom we start wars, manipulate data, and take advantage of consumers. But now we're seeing that all the talk about being concerned for the privacy of its users was simply another big scam for Apple to accumulate more money and control. It turned the entire industry upside down with its new privacy crackdown in the name of freedom; being so self-righteous about individuals having full control over what is done with their data. But this latest security flaw proves that privacy wasn't the primary concern at all.
I'm saying this as a high-tech expert here in Israel for many years: if privacy was their top priority hackers wouldn't be able to potentially exploit these vulnerabilities to control people's iPhones. A security flaw like this would be a huge setback for a startup company, but Apple is brushing it off as just another security patch like all the others. One of the not so important vulnerabilities is that "a hacker could theoretically run malicious code on a compromised device." And the other is a "kernel vulnerability that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges." But the good news is that "Apple's multilayer approach to security stands in the way of full data exfiltration by the exploit." I can't believe that's their big power play in 2022 - having a "multilayer approach to security."
To truly maintain freedom we need to all agree voluntarily to how it will be maintained - but no such thing exists in our world. So what are we protecting exactly? It's all one big lie. There's nothing new under the sun. We simply need to wake up from the dream state we were in and understand that ad networks being able to track our activity is the least of our problems.
Now we're seeing that all the talk about being concerned for the privacy of its users was simply another big scam for Apple to accumulate more money and control.
How Apple pushed its ad-vantage Apple is beginning to build its own ad empire just as its iPhone privacy crackdown weakens key ad-supported rivals. Axios
Do the latest articles about Apple indicate how greedy this company is? The answer is yes. Let’s look at it simply: this company has an annual profit of billions, and it's no secret that the top boss earns way more than his employees - actually over 1,400 times the average employee. But where does all that money come from? Does Tim Cook bring it with him from home? Nope. That money comes from the knowledge, experience, skills and ongoing investment of Apple employees. And it's not just a matter of money, but also how you treat people. Are Apple leaders at all concerned with how they treat people? Sadly we can see they're not. Right now what we're seeing reminds me of the slave markets we see in Hollywood productions. Apparently slavery still exists, this is simply a modern day version. Once in a while they organize some major perk, but the bottom line is they don't treat people with the respect they deserve.
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Tim Cook earned over 1,400 times the average Apple worker in 2021 In 2021, the?median pay for employees was $68,254 .... The median pay in 2020 was $57,783 and the pay ratio was 256 times Cook's salary. Reuters
Can't Blame The Iconic Brand
None of us really have the right to go up against Apple's greediness in a serious way. Why? We're all part of this game that's based on speculation and lies. We all agreed to go along with this game, but sooner or later it will explode in our faces. This isn't greed? It's the height of greed! And we also have these standard terms such as 'free market' to justify anything we do.
So let's look at all this in a more serious, fair and responsible way. We're all part of this game. This is precisely the transition that I'm always talking about from the individual/egoistic mode where everyone can do whatever they want - for him/herself, without taking anything around them into account. When we're taking advantage of others we do it in a calculated manner - by sizing up how effective they'll be in advancing our interests. So we're in this transition from the current period with regard to all aspects of our lives, but here we're focusing on the economic aspects. And clearly it's time to break through to a new way of doing things.
When looking at the work being done in a company like Apple, the pyramid is currently very flat - 99% across doing most of the heavy lifting, with 1% at the top. And the profit is the opposite, 99% is in the tip of the pyramid and the rest is shared across the 1%. With the integral method everything will develop in a completely different direction that is very hard for us to imagine at the moment. Because we see how since the pandemic there is a shift in peoples' desires and urges. They're no longer running after the same things as before. They're seeking something new and don't know what that is yet. This is one and the same for man and the world. The faster we become aware of this the better off we'll be. So clearly all these issues are very complex. It's not like just digging a hole in the ground to plant a tree. First we need to understand that this transition will enhance the employer-employee relationship in many ways. There will be shared values, and greater expression of creativity will be allowed, since after all - the people are your human capital. This is the main value we have in the business world, and we need to build these more open and trustworthy relationships between us to get the most out of it.
Until then of course we need to share these examples of wrong thinking and economics, and look at all these things rationally. No one is asking anyone to change things overnight. But let's start understanding what we're dealing with. When we have this mutual appreciation between us we discover a completely new reality. It's impossible to convey these feelings, but we do need to understand the nature of the change. We're not going to shut Apple down because about half the world is connected to that brand. But let's start looking for the exit to something better. Let's start seeing where we can break through to a new realm where we'll be happier. Because without a balanced economy, there is no justification for our society; having a stable economy is the foundation for any society. So we're going to start fixing all these things together soon.
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2 年I think the fact that Apple opts themselves out of the privacy controls is all the evidence you need. This is the sort of thing that sane anti-trust laws should prevent.