Heres a favourite of mine. Apple & Google were/still are syphoning off all mobile device push messages to US government. They flat out denied it for years until it got leaked from another source, as soon as it was out in the open they admitted and said they were doing it all along but weren't allowed to tell anybody due to government NDAs.
replyhttps://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments...
These aren't conspiracy theories, these types of secret agreements happen all the time.
EDIT: it seems the original poster I was replying to has deleted their post, and so this may not make as much sense in the thread now.
If it was irrelevant then why did the FBI make such a big deal about it? Are you saying the FBI did that just to make Apple look good? Why would they care about Apple's reputation?
replyWell in theory more people use an insecure software, the more FBI can monitor
replyYes. Apple is one of the largest companies in the US, and the NSA did them dirty by letting it become public that Apple is cooperating in allowing them to conduct warrantless surveillance. The alternative is Samsung, and the US government would prefer people buy iPhones. We’re also not just talking about the USA, but the 240 million iphones sold each year.
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