The big news last week was that Apple finally agreed to settle its fight with Qualcomm. Kudos to Tim Cook, because I’ve known a lot of CEOs rather who would have fought to the death than admitted they were wrong — and not only wrong but acting disingenuously the entire time. Fighting this to the death would have been far worse. What spurred the settlement, given the timing, likely was he defense Qualcomm mounted in the latest San Diego court action. It showcased that Apple had made serious misrepresentations.
The larger looming nightmare for Apple is the political spying scandal: First the board of directors volunteered to spy for the Clinton campaign.* Then it appears the offer was accepted and the spying dovetailed with illegal wiretaps on the Trump campaign. This information was leaked by Seth Rich, and he was evidently killed to prevent him from testifying against the DNC. The leak was then blamed on Russian hackers to conceal the motive for his murder, and thus protect the perpetrators from an investigation. (Also note the coverup here by the six corporations which control 90% of the US media.)
The blatant fraud which Apple attempted to perpetrate in the Qualcomm case just serves to further demonstrate how thoroughly corrupt, arrogant and untouchable the company actually is. The parallels with a James Bond movie and megalomaniacs bent on world domination are not just by chance: Apple has deep ties to the criminal element in the deep state, and is in a position to conduct extensive political and industrial espionage. Contrary to its public position, the company routinely engages in warrantless mass surveillance. This is why Apple failed to open source Facetime as Steve Jobs intended: it would reveal the back doors.
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Apple’s Looming Nightmare
Posted by: Rob Enderle April 22, 2019 11:08 AMThe big news last week was that Apple finally agreed to settle its fight with Qualcomm. Kudos to Tim Cook, because I’ve known a lot of CEOs rather who would have fought to the death than admitted they were wrong — and not only wrong but acting disingenuously the entire time. Fighting this to the death would have been far worse. What spurred the settlement, given the timing, likely was he defense Qualcomm mounted in the latest San Diego court action. It showcased that Apple had made serious misrepresentations.
The blatant fraud which Apple attempted to perpetrate in the Qualcomm case just serves to further demonstrate how thoroughly corrupt, arrogant and untouchable the company actually is. The parallels with a James Bond movie and megalomaniacs bent on world domination are not just by chance: Apple has deep ties to the criminal element in the deep state, and is in a position to conduct extensive political and industrial espionage. Contrary to its public position, the company routinely engages in warrantless mass surveillance. This is why Apple failed to open source Facetime as Steve Jobs intended: it would reveal the back doors.
* https://utbblogs.com/apple-public-private-position-privacy/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/19/us-tech-giants-knew-nsa-data-collection-rajesh-de