Category: Apple

In a PR stunt to promote their media platform iTunes, Apple initiated the delivery of U2’s then new album for free. Users found out the content had been loaded automatically without consent onto their accounts and could not find a way to remove it. This may seem a harmless incident but shows how the vendor […]

When looking for information about abortion clinics via Apple’s assistant there might be no results depending on which place in the USA the search is conducted. The assumption is Apple is bending to the will of lobbyists who condemn abortion and other practices. source #1: http://web.archive.org/web/20120109122133/https://www.alternet.org/story/153248/why_is_iphone’s_siri_hiding_abortion_info_10_things_the_device_will_help_you_get_instead_of_abortion archived source #1: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2011/11/29/apple-censors-information-about-abortion-providers-archived-source/ source #2: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/23/apple-anti-choice-tendencies-showing-in-app-store-reproductive-rights archived source […]

It was found that EMails which are sent via Apple’s mail service are scanned and based on the found content the company can decide not to deliver the message without notifying the user about it. This displays an excessive privacy violation. source: https://www.cultofmac.com/103703/apple-may-be-invisibly-filtering-your-outgoing-mobileme-email-exclusive/ archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2011/07/07/apples-mail-service-silently-censors-the-mail-people-send-archived-source/