US v. Google: Apple's Eddy Cue sent Tim Cook a presentation in 2013 that declared “Android is a massive tracking device” and detailed Google's privacy practices
Here is the latest slides we have on privacy. Still a lot more work to do but good start. Tom Warren / The Verge : ‘Android is a massive tracking device.’ Ernestas Naprys / Cybernews.com : Apple called Android a “massive tracking device,” internal document reveals Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica : Firefox lost users during “failed” Yahoo search deal, says Mozilla CEO TechRadar : Apple called Android a ‘massive tracking device’ before the iPhone's privacy push Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : Apple called Android a ‘massive tracking device’ before doubling down on privacy Sagar Naresh / SamMobile : Apple terms Android as a massive tracking device in internal documents Jon Mundy / Trusted Reviews : Apple once called Android ‘a massive tracking device’ Rounak Jain / Benzinga : ‘Android Is A Massive Tracking Device’, Said Apple In An Internal Mail Before Kicking Off Its Privacy-Focused iPhone Marketing Furqan Shahid / Wccftech : Apple Considers Android A ‘Massive Tracking Device’ As Details Of Google's Antitrust Trial Surface Leah Nylen / Bloomberg : US v. Google: Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker says Firefox's switch to Yahoo in 2014 degraded the UX and Firefox struggled to compete on mobile because of defaults Mastodon: I Am Root / @null@puddle.town : They're not wrong. This is why I switched to iOS over a decade ago, despite being a Google employee and an early fan of Android. The business interests of Google are just not aligned with privacy and never will be. — https://www.theverge.com/... Bluesky: @voyamj.bsky.social : //Ironically, despite Apple describing Android as a massive tracking device, an internal Google email from 2016 about Apple and Google's deal shows how Apple wanted data sharing with Google to be reciprocal. // [embedded post] X: Jason Kint / @jason_kint : “Apple slides from 2013 skewer Android...” Tom Warren / @tomwarren : “Android is a massive tracking device” said Apple, in a confidential strategy document from 2013. Apple later went on to make privacy a big marketing pitch for its iPhone commercials https://www.theverge.com/... [image] Jason Kint / @jason_kint : Ironically, Apple's lean into privacy didn't seem to hurt Google - despite Apple describing G's Android as a “massive tracking device.” This is why in this just posted Google deal email, “they wanted it to be reciprocal” leaves me wondering what data Google gets from Apple. /8 [image] Jason Kint / @jason_kint : This is the timeline in the front of the deck. Recognize this pre-dates Facebook's leaking much of our personal data to the globe, $5B in SEC/FTC fines, YouTube's privacy settlements, millions in EU fines, etc etc. So they thought this was bad in 2013. Yikes. /3 [image] Jason Kint / @jason_kint : To that point, brace. We finally have Apple's strategy deck from Eddy Cue's testimony. Here are a few highlights as Apple was planning to embrace consumer privacy putting limits on tracking (disclosure - we were engaged with apple at w3c as it thoughtfully worked on this). /2 [image] Jason Kint / @jason_kint : USA v Google. Incoming - Justice Dept just posted 15 more exhibits - and more damning, very clear why they wanted to keep sealed. Google exec seems to admit in this internal deck its core business is “tracking” users ...aka “surveillance.” It is “the source of Google's magic.” /1 [image] Forums: Hacker News : Apple: Android is a tracking device [pdf] Hacker News : Apple's called Android a “massive tracking device” in an internal presentation r/Android : Apple's called Android a “massive tracking device” in an internal presentation Msmash / Slashdot : Mozilla's ‘Failed’ Bet on Yahoo Takes Spotlight in Google Trial