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Steve Jobs on privacy, Steve Jobs at the D8 Conference (Video)

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What it is

A short clip of Steve Jobs at the 2010 D8 conference, interviewed by Walt Mossberg, defining privacy as people knowing what they are signing up for, in plain English and repeatedly. The discussion centered on location data.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN reaches for it constantly as evidence of Apple's long-standing privacy stance and as a yardstick for judging Apple, Facebook and others.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Apple got me on this video where Steve Jobs really showed how much they care for privacy”

    Jobs showing Apple's care for privacy.

    maxpert, 2017-09 · Recommendation · in “Privacy”

  2. “the rest of his response should be the gold standard in my opinion.”

    Jobs on how to handle user privacy.

    ssivark, 2018-12 · Recommendation · in “Lawmakers fed up with Zuckerberg”

  3. “Watch this 10 year old clip of Steve Jobs”

    Jobs clip as evidence Apple's privacy stance is genuine.

    schoolornot, 2020-07 · Recommendation · in “New iOS privacy feature may end an era of personalized ads”

  4. “Steve Jobs words 12 years later are still very relevant today”

    Jobs's privacy words remain relevant today.

    HatchedLake721, 2022-02 · Recommendation · in “Airbnb wants to GPS track you also when not using the app”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: steve jobs, apple, privacy, d8 conference, user consent

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