Tim Cook made an impassioned plea today against looming U.S. and European regulations that would force Apple to open up its walled-off App Store.
"We are deeply concerned about regulations that would undermine privacy and security in service of some other aim," Cook said.
"Here in Washington and elsewhere, policymakers are taking steps in the name of competition that would force Apple to let apps on the iPhone that circumvent the App Store through a process called 'side loading'... That means data hungry companies would be able to avoid our privacy rules and once again track our users against their will.
Cook took indirect aim at companies that rely on targeted advertising in his speech. He said loss of privacy is not inevitable with technology and that it can be designed to keep it. "Imagine a stranger following you as you take your child to school, holding a camera outside the driver's side window, recording everything you do," he said. "Imagine you open your computer and the stranger is suddenly watching your every keystroke. You wouldn't call that a service. You would call it an emergency."
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