Steve Jobs is Watching You

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14 pointsgaitdoctor4 comments

Firstly, please get rid of the caps in the title (and the spelling error). :(

Anyway, I'm not sure how this is spyware. Properly implemented, this is no different than systems that already exist to take photos of someone when they have stolen your device. I think the EFF should wait until this is actually implemented (or not!) and then see what the actual end result of it is.

This is literally spyware;

1. It aims to function without the user's knowledge.

2. It aims to collect data about the user for use by a third party.

Is the user, in this case, a thief? If so, and it's a switch you enable, it seems pretty benign to me.

(But, before discussing this more: it's not spyware -- or anything -- if it only exists in a patent application.)

This is old (published august 2010). What are the sources of this article?

While I am certainly leery of this sort of thing and would not be surprised if it was at least partially true, it seems like bullshit to me.

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