As a fellow professional, I think this is kind of nonsense.
Apple (and all these companies) also operate in a world with a populace that WANTS surveillance for these areas, does not agree that it is a slippery slope, and has voted in governments where that eventually will force Apple to install an even worse back door.
The Linux and FOSS movement have never been up to the end user device challenge, and they too operate in a world with a populace that WANTS surveillance for this stuff.
The solution to true privacy is never going to be “switch to FOSS” for most users, as that’s sort of like saying “get a degree in math”. It will work for some, but it will be an unstable experience.
The solution has to be to a) ensuring democracy survives and b) convincing most people that the right to privacy is more important than finding child pornographers, and c) to vote for representatives that will uphold that right.
Apple (and all these companies) also operate in a world with a populace that WANTS surveillance for these areas, does not agree that it is a slippery slope, and has voted in governments where that eventually will force Apple to install an even worse back door.
The Linux and FOSS movement have never been up to the end user device challenge, and they too operate in a world with a populace that WANTS surveillance for this stuff.
The solution to true privacy is never going to be “switch to FOSS” for most users, as that’s sort of like saying “get a degree in math”. It will work for some, but it will be an unstable experience.
The solution has to be to a) ensuring democracy survives and b) convincing most people that the right to privacy is more important than finding child pornographers, and c) to vote for representatives that will uphold that right.