Saptamana aceasta compania Apple a publicat un document in care detaliaza cererile primite de la agentiile guvernamentale ale diverselor tari de pe glob pentru furnizarea de date din conturile utilizatorilor sau terminalele lor mobile. Publicand aceasta lista, compania Apple a incalcat ordinele date de catre agentiile guvernamentale si risca sa fie actionata in judecata de catre acestea. Avand in vedere curajul companiei, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, a laudat compania Apple pentru publicare acestor informatii, compania americana fiind prima din grupul celor 9 acuzate ca au oferit informatii confidentiale despre utilizatori catre NSA si nu numai.
On Tuesday, yet another one of the nine companies originally implicated in the PRISM program released its first transparency report. Apple joins the ranks of Google, Yahoo, and Facebook, among others that have issued reports that detail the number of requests the companies receive from governments for user data. This is Apple’s first transparency report, and it only looks at the first half of 2013. The report includes information about which countries have asked for user data, the number of requests received and granted, the number of times Apple has objected to information requests, as well as the number of information requests where Apple has not disclosed data.
In ciuda initiativei celor de la Apple, nicio alta companie nu a oferit informatii similare si deocamdata se pare ca niciuna dintre ele nu isi va asuma raspunderea pentru incalcarea ordinelor date de catre agentiile guvernamentale. Pentru Apple aceasta decizie de a aduce putina transparenta in modul in care administreaza datele utilizatorilor nu face altceva deca sa creasca increderea utilizatorilor vis-a-vis de intentiile sale.