I actually don’t think this has anything to do with standing up for their users but is a simple cost/benefit analysis: building compromised E2E-communication that is still reasonably secure against bad actors is much more difficult (if not impossible) than building robust E2E-communication. Apple just doesn’t want to lose business users over headlines like „iOS messaging used by Chinese spies to steal US trade secrets“, while headlines about how difficult it is for government agencies to unlock iPhones probably drive sales. Nothing morally or ethical here, only profits.
Yep. Honestly, if there’s a good profit motive to do the right thing, I trust companies far more to actually do the right thing. We WANT there to be profit in doing the right thing. When there isn’t, they don’t.
I actually don’t think this has anything to do with standing up for their users but is a simple cost/benefit analysis: building compromised E2E-communication that is still reasonably secure against bad actors is much more difficult (if not impossible) than building robust E2E-communication. Apple just doesn’t want to lose business users over headlines like „iOS messaging used by Chinese spies to steal US trade secrets“, while headlines about how difficult it is for government agencies to unlock iPhones probably drive sales. Nothing morally or ethical here, only profits.
I mean, it’s still standing up for their users even though it’s profit-driven.
They just launched a whole ad campaign based around imessages encryption as well… not supporting would be a bad look and a waste of ad dollars
lol agreed, plus the whole CSAM mess that they can help bury with this.
Yep. Honestly, if there’s a good profit motive to do the right thing, I trust companies far more to actually do the right thing. We WANT there to be profit in doing the right thing. When there isn’t, they don’t.
Exactly. Greed is far more predictable and transparent than morality.