Quote of the day by Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'If you put a key under the mat for the cops, a burglar can find it, too' — a stark warning on threats to undermine privacy - AOS for Lemmy.World - A generic Lemmy server for everyone to use.

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Quote of the day by Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'If you put a key under the mat for the cops, a burglar can find it, too' — a stark warning on threats to undermine privacy

15h 55m ago by sh.itjust.works/u/FoxtrotDeltaTango in news from www.techradar.com

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/54913199

I’d have been more impressed if this was a recent quote.

or a recent CEO, for that matter.

we're getting John Apple'd in 2.5 months.

https://gizmodo.com/apples-new-ceo-could-bring-us-less-pro-more-neo-2000749002

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/a-suite-of-government-hacking-tools-targeting-iphones-is-now-being-used-by-cybercriminals/

I see no indication Apple let that exploit fester instead of patching as soon as possible. Also, it looks like the known pre-disclosure attacks were from Russia and China.

Also not all cops are friends.

Yeah, "if you put a key under the mat for the cops, then you might unexpectedly have cops in your house" is plenty bad.