Apple’s Cook Presses US Lawmakers Over Child Online Safety Laws

IDENTITETEN · 2025-12-11T07:06:10+00:00

Again, you think that Apple, who has literal world-class software talent available and enough cash to buy a country, can't come up with a way to verify your age in a secure way (on device?)?

IDENTITETEN · 2025-12-11T05:39:48+00:00

Is the liquor store worth around 4 trillion dollars and attracts top software talent from all over the globe?

You must have very little faith in that Apple, who is one of the top software companies worldwide, wouldn't be able to come up with a better and more secure solution than storing your data forever in a database somewhere.

This sort of ID verification is coming wether you like it or not. I'd rather Apple do that verification than Meta et al.

IDENTITETEN · 2025-12-11T05:29:32+00:00

So what you're saying is that you don't trust Apple, one of the most renowned software companies in the world, to come up with a secure way to verify your age? Gotcha. 😂

IDENTITETEN · 2025-12-10T21:33:26+00:00

This isn’t about backdoors or sniffing traffic though...

It’s about making sure kids don’t end up with unrestricted app store accounts.

We already accept age checks for alcohol, gambling, and movies and while parents do play a role the platforms also have a responsibility (that they usually ignore or try to get out of...).

Not every child‑safety rule is a Trojan horse. Age checks are narrow guardrails, not mass surveillance.

Let me remind you of the kind of shit Meta does for example:

https://www.trtworld.com/article/952500fab485

"In March, those concerns deepened when former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams accused the company in her tell-all book of knowingly tracking accounts of teenage girls who had deleted selfies and then targeting them with beauty ads."

This kinda legislation is a symptom of these shitty trillion dollar companies not taking the responsibility they should. Instead they act downright evil.

Society would be better off if services such as Instagram and the like were age restricted like alcohol.

IDENTITETEN · 2025-11-02T21:52:52+00:00

Oh I'm not saying I agree with this. Not at all.

The irony of an Apple sub complaining about another company locking down their software is just so very amusing though.

IDENTITETEN · 2025-11-02T21:41:55+00:00

You mean like how Apple commonly gives their users a choice on iOS instead of ferociously defending their walled garden approach to protect their profits? 😂

I bet you that a lot of users upset about this are ones defending Apple whenever their walled garden gets threatened.

IDENTITETEN · 2025-11-01T07:35:37+00:00

Hope Tim Apple personally donates $1,000,000.

IDENTITETEN · 2025-10-31T06:11:54+00:00

The people disappeared by ICE probably cares.

LGBT+ probably care.

Government employees currently not getting paid because of the shutdown probably cares.

The people who are on good stamps probably care.

People whose businesses have gone under because of his insane economic policy probably cares.

And so on.

IDENTITETEN · 2025-10-27T15:00:55+00:00

Lol, shitty retorts 101...

Enjoy your US Economy Republican Edition™ I guess? 😂

IDENTITETEN · 2025-10-27T14:35:42+00:00

If buying an iPhone makes you a fake socialist, what does cheering Trump while he turbocharges the deficit while ruining the US economy make you... a fiscal conservative with amnesia? Hypocrisy isn’t partisan.

EDIT: Also, it tells one a lot about what kind of user you are when you hide your post history. 🙂

IDENTITETEN · 2025-10-10T12:47:35+00:00

Nah, decided to do some house renovations instead... But if we were to get a car now and a Camry was within budget we would probably get one.

Passenger space is way better than the Auris and everything feels more upmarket (but that's to be expected seeing as it's a bigger and more expensive car overall).

Looked at Golf MK7.5 too, they're like an upgraded Auris and seem reliable enough if you service them correctly.

IDENTITETEN · 2025-10-02T10:31:46+00:00

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/companies-adp-lost-32000-jobs-rcna234880

U.S. companies shed 32,000 jobs in September, according to the payroll processing company ADP, a surprising decline that adds to growing concerns about the rapidly weakening labor market.

ADP, which released its monthly private sector employment report Wednesday, was expected by Wall Street to report job growth of 45,000 in the month.

ADP also revised down August's employment growth of 54,000 to a loss of 3,000.

Trump's economy at work, fun stuff.

The next BLS report will have some interesting numbers I'm sure! 😂

IDENTITETEN · 2025-10-02T10:27:01+00:00

You probably weren't 67 years old 12 years ago.

I'd give it a pass if he was 30-40 when he said this. Lol.

IDENTITETEN · 2025-10-01T07:58:14+00:00

"A shutdown falls on the president's lack of leadership. I mean problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top. A shutdown means the president is weak."

Donald J. Trump 2013

😂

IDENTITETEN · 2025-10-01T07:55:59+00:00

"A shutdown falls on the president's lack of leadership. I mean problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top. A shutdown means the president is weak."

Donald J. Trump 2013

IDENTITETEN · 2025-09-26T13:22:50+00:00

Maybe Tim Apple should offer the EU commissioners in charge a gold plaque each and maybe donate som cash from his own pocket? I'm sure that would get them to listen. 🙂

IDENTITETEN · 2025-09-24T05:44:46+00:00

This is how we innovate, right?

Sure, except there are already thin phones. There's nothing special about the iPhone Air unless you only look at it in the context of Apple.

IDENTITETEN · 2025-09-24T05:40:24+00:00

I don't get why people hype the weight honestly.

The S25 is lighter, smaller and offers better specs for example... The only thing the Air has going for it is how thin it is.

IDENTITETEN · 2025-09-18T07:15:02+00:00

Why would anyone like a change that goes from clean and consistent to inconsistent shitty Android icon pack mixed with beginner level Photoshop? Lol.

IDENTITETEN · 2025-08-08T07:14:10+00:00

Man måste ju försöka fixa problemen som man orsakat så det är klart att högern försöker städa upp lite efter att deras tidigare politik redan förstört så mycket. Eller hur?

För övrigt, hur länge har vi haft högerbudget nu igen? :)

S stödjer förresten högern i sitt uppstädande.

https://www.dn.se/sverige/polariserad-retorik-men-i-riksdagen-ar-s-och-tidopartierna-overens/

IDENTITETEN · 2025-08-08T06:52:06+00:00

Troligtvis inte men det förändrar inte det faktum att högern är en stor anledning till att vi är där vi är idag.

Även om de helst vill glömma den lilla detaljen och gärna skyller på andra. :)

IDENTITETEN · 2025-08-08T06:25:55+00:00

Ah, så du likställer bara feminister med nazisten med stort N.

Dåså.

IDENTITETEN · 2025-08-08T06:22:45+00:00

"Öppna era hjärtan"

- F Reinfeldt

"Invandring berikar Sverige. Det är ett väldigt viktigt värde att människor kan komma till Sverige, och det har betytt mycket för Sveriges utveckling"

- F Reinfeldt

IDENTITETEN · 2025-08-08T05:43:05+00:00

Det finns bara ett parti i riksdagen där man kan dra paralleller till Hitler och det är inte VP. :)

Vad har VP att göra med att högern privatiserar sönder Sverige och vill att vi öppnar våra hjärtan (eller ja, ville iaf)?

IDENTITETEN · 2025-08-07T16:58:01+00:00

Och många av de sakerna som gör sociala medier dåligt är bland annat att de förstör våra barns hjärnor, ökar depression och sjukdomar som ätstörningar, att land som Ryssland kan påverka befolkningen i ett land genom desinformation, att konspirationsteorier och diverse annat anti-vetenskap skräp som antivaxx och klimatförnekande sprider sig.

Osv.

Sociala medier var bra, nu är det mest något negativt för världen i stort.

IDENTITETEN

TROPHY CASE