“Companies will no longer be able to make decisions about what to look for, these decisions will be made by governments.
Think Apple can refuse the government of the USA, Russia, the government of China or Germany, France, Great Britain?
Of course, the answer is no, they won't if they want to continue selling their products and services in these countries, and that's dangerous, ”Snowden said.
He recalled that Apple has already announced plans to search for illegal content on its devices "before this information is on their servers."
“Private companies, of course, view their own data on their servers, and now it will be on your phone.
Of course, this is a concern for the mass of people around the world, ”added Snowden.
The former NSA employee noted that once Apple proves that it is possible that the company is able to search for some "certain illegal content, something that is contrary to the law," it would be a serious violation of privacy and user rights.
As previously reported by Bloomberg, the Irish Data Protection Commission ordered the American messenger WhatsApp to pay a fine of € 225 million for the lack of transparency in the processing of personal data.