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Graham Stull
Graham Stull
2 years ago

Now why would Big Tech companies like Apple be so keen on promoting a New Normal?
What could they possibly stand to gain from a world in which we are all constantly masked, afraid to meet people in person, and therefore proxy our real human relationships through devices and tech platforms?
I can’t imagine.

Galeti Tavas
Galeti Tavas
2 years ago

How do you phone sheep carry those balls and chains? I have never owned or carried a cell phone – I sometimes feel like the last human in a crowd of zombies.

How can you do it? Own a smart phone? How can you be such Sheep?

toque celular
toque celular
1 year ago

Apple kümmert sich mehr um die Privatsphäre der Benutzer als jeder andere Technologiegigant, und Sie müssen sich dafür entscheiden, Ihre anonymen Daten mit Apple zu teilen. Trotzdem lade ich gerne kostenlose Klingeltöne für mein iPhone unter https://klingeltondownload.com herunter.

James Joyce
James Joyce
2 years ago

Apple is much more concerned about user privacy than any other Big Tech, and you must opt in to share your anonymised data with Apple.
Apple products relating to health work well, have already saved many lives, and are potentially game changers in the collection and use of health data, and it will only get better.
To compare Apple to health insurance companies is a cheap shot…..
What is the point of this article?

Ed Cameron
Ed Cameron
2 years ago
Reply to  James Joyce

I am unconvinced that “other Big Tech” is the benchmark against which best privacy practice should be measured.
Big data, as the industry used to characterise itself, is concerned with the collection, matching and monetisation of data. Monetisation is the product of data matching, even if the data has been anonymised.
It is true that collection is within an individual’s control, to some extent, but more often than not (Apple being the exception in some cases), it requires positive action on the part of the individual. Perhaps the default should be no collection without informed consent, not collection unless denied.
Once data is collected, it is shared by the collector and matched by an analytics intermediary for the benefit of the insurance company and others – endlessly. 
This is less a comparison than a description of the data flow.
I believe that’s the point.