Apple Pushes Back As the EU Attacks Its Precious Property

Make no mistake: The European Union has handed Mark Zuckerberg unprecedented access to European citizens’ digital privacy.

Last week, Apple formally appealed the EU’s interoperability mandate, stating that it was doing so on behalf of European users whose privacy would be harmed by the ruling. In its appeal, Apple claims that companies have already requested access to users’ “most sensitive data — from the content of their notifications to a full history of every stored WiFi network on their device—giving them the ability to access personal information that even Apple doesn’t see.”