Giving up freedom for "security" is the surest way to end up with neither of them. This situation where the government of Brazil has outlawed VPNs and Apple is collaborating with it to deprive the people of Brazil of their access to a free and open internet is a perfect illustration of this.
The difference between Apple's response and Twitter's response[0] to internet censorship efforts by the Brazilian government also shows why privately owned companies are more likely to stand on principle than publicly traded (i.e. stock market owned) companies which mainly answer to the pension funds and gamblers who control the stock market.
The difference between Apple's response and Twitter's response[0] to internet censorship efforts by the Brazilian government also shows why privately owned companies are more likely to stand on principle than publicly traded (i.e. stock market owned) companies which mainly answer to the pension funds and gamblers who control the stock market.
[0]: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgjv857plevo