The article says that... large company has to do what a national government tells them to?
Should this really be something we consider negatively? I believe quite strongly that privacy is a fundamental right. Apple obviously doesn't always act in everyone's best interests but they seem to be doing the most toward improving the overall computing experience by implementing privacy protections in their products.
Personally I am happy with the balance they strike between security, usability, and privacy. My primary threat model for keeping things private doesn't include my government, and if it did a large foreign company is one of the last places I would turn to. For what I do care about, at least for now Apple still has my trust (until they prove it's misplaced).
I think it makes more sense when you rephrase it and drop the ask for proof to something like 'I would be interested in some scientific studies on the safety...' (at least I would, having considered visiting a chiropractor recently for back pain).
Medlife Crisis has a good video talking about the placebo effect and the promotion of pseudoscientific treatments that's really worth a watch:
tl;dr In the video, he captures my concerns perfectly about the whole thing, "by mainstreaming and legitimising practices outside proven science it increases acceptance of things that don't work, and regular people can be harmed through neglecting effective therapies"
Should this really be something we consider negatively? I believe quite strongly that privacy is a fundamental right. Apple obviously doesn't always act in everyone's best interests but they seem to be doing the most toward improving the overall computing experience by implementing privacy protections in their products.
Personally I am happy with the balance they strike between security, usability, and privacy. My primary threat model for keeping things private doesn't include my government, and if it did a large foreign company is one of the last places I would turn to. For what I do care about, at least for now Apple still has my trust (until they prove it's misplaced).