Apple and Google grab the safety of their users – Le Figaro

The presidents of both groups publicly inveigh on the question of the protection of privacy. Affected by the Snowden case, they seek to regargner the trust of their users.

From the confession of Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Board Directors of Google, competition with Apple has never been “fierce.” One month after the presentation of the iPhone 6, the maximum voltage is reached between the two groups. After prosecuted in courts around the world on the issue of patents in smartphones, they stare at the security granted to their users.

Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, fired first. In an open letter published on his website in mid-September, he attacked the Google model, offering his services in exchange for targeted advertising. “Customers understand that when Internet service was free, you are not the customer, but the product,” he wrote. “Our model is simple: we sell superproduits. We do not create a profile for the contents of your email or your Internet browsing habits, which we will then sell to advertisers, “accused Cook.

Eric Schmidt was responsible for washing the insult. In an interview broadcast Thursday by CNNMoney, the former CEO of Google has dodged the issue of targeted ads, but Apple sent into the ropes recalling the setbacks suffered last month, when photographs of stars stolen from storage service iCloud have published on the Internet. “We have always been pioneers in security and encryption. Our systems are much more secure than anyone, including Apple. They are catching up, it’s very good, “he quipped.

Apple and Google have focused their dispute on the grounds of security, because the issue is hot since the analyst Edward Snowden revealed last year following the US spy program. It has been established that the Internet group had to work with the American authorities to deliver information about their users. Discredited, since Apple and Google are trying to regain the trust of their users, and that is to show that the most virtuous.

Apple had to score points on the occasion of the release of iOS 8 The new version of the system of the iPhone. He announced that he could not decipher the data of its customers, even if the public authorities asked him. Google immediately responded and announced he would do the same with the next Android L. American authorities, even though they have many other sources of information, have not tasted these initiatives. “This is a way for some people to act above the law,” lamented James Comey, FBI Director.

Unlike the patent war, which poisoned relations between Apple and Google for three years, the battle over computer security forces at least two groups to excel. “If you measure innovation side of Apple and Google, this competition – I think that is shaping the computer industry today – benefits to billions of people,” assured Eric Schmidt

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