Just a few short weeks after Apple announced the release date and specs of their new product line, the Apple Watch, Tim Cook's company was dealt another major blow. The FBI's James Comey indicated that he was concerned with the privacy risks of both Apple and Google.
It's no secret that Apple has been having a rough time as of late. First, there was the disastrous U2 album fail, which enraged a number of Apple users.
The company, which thought they were going to receive praise for giving iTunes users a free album, found themselves facing a wave of backlash.
Outraged users, many mad that the album automatically downloaded to their device (violating privacy and taking up storage), immediately took to social media.
To make matters worse, there new phones-the iPhone 6 and Plus-have been widely criticized. Turns out the devices have a slight bending problem:
Users have been reporting that their devices are bending by simply keeping them in their pockets. According to The Guardian, it may have something to do with what the devices are made of:
"The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus chassis is milled from a solid piece of aluminium alloy whose composition is secret. The weak area of the phone appears to be around the volume buttons, where the frame is at its thinnest and creates a fulcrum point around which the phone bends. Surprisingly, the screen does not break when the phone bends - though it does if the phone is then bent back to a flat profile."
Finally, James Comey, Director of the FBI, has criticized Apple as well as Google for strengthening their privacy protections on mobile devices. After Apple announced that they would no longer be able to assist law enforcement in handing over access to iPhone users personal data, Comey went on the attack (via Huffington Post):
I am a huge believer in the rule of law, but I also believe that no one in this country is beyond the law...What concerns me about this is companies marketing something expressly to allow people to place themselves beyond the law."
Though Comey and his information-obsessed organization may be acting like crybabies about Apple and Google's decision to stand up for consumers, many users are thrilled at the decision.
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