Eight years ago, Facebook had only 500 million users. At that time, Jobs attended the AllThingsD conference held by the Wall Street Journal to discuss the importance of privacy. Zuckerberg sat in the audience and waited for an interview.
At the time, well-known reporter Walt Mossberg asked Steve Jobs, wanted him to talk about the privacy disputes caused by Facebook and Google. Is Silicon Valley’s perception of privacy issues different from others?
At that time, Facebook adjusted its privacy controls after being criticized for forcing users to share data. Google was accused of recording Wi-Fi private information.
'The view of Silicon Valley is not exactly the same,' Jobs replied. 'Our view of privacy has always been significantly different from other parts of Silicon Valley.'
For example, he said, Apple will not let developers decide whether to warn users, let them know that the application is tracking their data. Instead, Apple will use pop-ups to warn users to let them know that an application is tracking them if they do not want to be traced. This permission can be turned off, 'We did a lot of these things to make sure that users know what these applications are doing'.
Currently, Jobs's successor Tim Cook still sticks to this principle.
Later, Dr. Mo asked Steve Jobs again whether this principle applies to Apple’s autonomous cloud applications.
'Simply put, privacy is about letting people know what they have registered and constantly reminding me. I'm an optimist and I believe people are smart. Some people want to share more data than others. Then ask them, Every time you ask. If they are tired of your questions, they will tell you to stop asking questions. You want them to know exactly how you will handle their data,' Jobs said.
'Many people in Silicon Valley think that our opinion on privacy issues is really outdated,' Jobs said in an interview. 'Perhaps this is the case, but we really worry about this problem.'
Zuckerberg has been criticized for dealing with user data. In 2007, when a Facebook product over-tracked user information, he made an apology. In 2010, he once again admitted that Facebook's privacy problems, and adjusted Setup. The privacy issue of Facebook came up again in 2014, and it caused another controversy this year.
If Facebook can more directly tell users that developers may collect the data they share and sell it to third parties, then Facebook may not be as passive as it is today.