Apple Plans To Introduce Differential Privacy Very Soon
Apple is taking an unusual stance on privacy. The company has no plans to collaborate with law enforcement on decrypting their own devices, though. Instead, the technology giant will focus on differential privacy, to compete with Google and Facebook. Apple has been making media headlines regarding privacy in the past few months. Ever since the San Bernardino case, the company has been adamantly clear on its position. CEO Tim Cook stated how Apple will not weaken device encryption because law enforcement agencies feel they need to. After all, the company is primarily in the business of....
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Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, has publicly endorsed encryption, saying that it’s good for public safety. During a yearly meeting for the Utah Technology Council in Salt Lake City, Cook said that “Encryption is one of the things that makes the public safe,” and reaffirmed his company’s unequivocal commitment to privacy and device integrity: “We feel we have a responsibility to protect our customers. We believe the only way to protect both your privacy and safety from a cyberattack is to encrypt. We throw all of ourselves into this and are very much standing on principle in this.” Apple has....
Happy Sunday, and welcome back to another Bitcoin News in Review, where we feature some of the top stories of the week here on CryptoCoins News. This week, Apple launched its own mobile payments system, 5 million Gmail login credentials were leaked, PayPal announced Bitcoin integration through Braintree, and more. Check out our video and keep scrolling for this week's Bitcoin News in Review. Apple Pay. Along with the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, Apple launched its own mobile payments solution called Apple Pay last Tuesday. Apple Pay relies on NFC, Touch ID, and other technologies to enable....