Re: [projectvrm] Apple's iOS8 delivers a small victory for privacy

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On Jun 9, 2014, at 11:24 AM, John Wunderlich < "> > wrote:

If you look at the architecture for IOS extensions vs the architecture for Android Intentions, the IOS architecture looks a lot closer to be Privacy By Design. Not saying that IOS/Apple is a silver bullet, but deliverable privacy and security more likely to be doable with its approach.

Google does what might be called "Publicity By Design." See Jeff Jarvis' two books framing Google and what it has taught business to do: 

What Would Google Do?: Reverse-Engineering the Fastest Growing Company in the History of the World 

Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live

"Publicity" (as the appears in the book) is the flip side of privacy: what we disclose rather than what we conceal.

Lesson being that it's possible to build a secure and privacy protective system & then add features whereas doing features first and bolting on security and privacy is much more difficult.

Yes. But can you build something secure and privacy protective that also respects the independence of the individual — and her need to control personal data in her own ways? Also for substitutable services? 

I doubt Apple wishes to be substitutable in any way. Android was designed from the start to allow substitutability of sources and providers.

Doc

John Wunderlich

Privacist @PrivacyCDN

On 9 June 2014 11:16, Nitin Badjatia < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

The Verge notes that iOS8 will disguise an iPhone's MAC address to prevent the type of surveillance that US Retailer Nordstroms had been flagged for... 

http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/9/5792970/ios-8-strikes-an-unexpected-blow-against-location-tracking