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Samsung embeds IronSource spyware app on phones across WANA

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845 points the-anarchist | 4 comments | 21 Jun 25 03:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.74s | source
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ArtTimeInvestor ◴[21 Jun 25 05:57 UTC] No.44334920[source]▶
I sometimes think that "track record" is the main value of Google and Apple. They have been around for decades, and except in their own interest to collect data for themselves, I am not aware of any blatant privacy violations of these companies. And one can hope that in their own interest, they keep it that way. That's not great, but it's better than the other companies.

I don't see how any company can compete with this unless they somehow figure out how to make a vastly superior product.

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1. dgb23 ◴[21 Jun 25 08:02 UTC] No.44335632[source]▶
What about PRISM?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM

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2. ArtTimeInvestor ◴[21 Jun 25 08:33 UTC] No.44335773[source]▶
Do Apple and Google have a choice to legally opt out of it?
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3. danparsonson ◴[21 Jun 25 10:04 UTC] No.44336219[source]▶
What difference does that make to the outcome? If anything, being automatically subject to that without any option is worse.
4. Zak ◴[21 Jun 25 11:17 UTC] No.44336600[source]▶
Yes, by incorporating end-to-end encryption in their services.