iPhone runs software which is in full control of Apple. They take active measures to stop general public from auditing its behavior (i.e. no source code, no API specifications, etc).
In my opinion, such a device can never be considered as belonging to their users or "trusted" in any reasonable way. The reason is that its root functionality always remains in control of a different entity.
I believe that such a relationship can more accurately be described as a lease.
Instead of providing specifications and source code, which would help establish the fundamental trust in their products and their behavior, Apple seems to increase their reliance on the "trust me bro" promises, which their current user base has accepted.
iPhone runs software which is in full control of Apple. They take active measures to stop general public from auditing its behavior (i.e. no source code, no API specifications, etc).
In my opinion, such a device can never be considered as belonging to their users or "trusted" in any reasonable way. The reason is that its root functionality always remains in control of a different entity.
I believe that such a relationship can more accurately be described as a lease.
Instead of providing specifications and source code, which would help establish the fundamental trust in their products and their behavior, Apple seems to increase their reliance on the "trust me bro" promises, which their current user base has accepted.
So far.