The documents show that Apple saw Android as "a huge tracking device" in 2013 and promoted "privacy competition" internally.

Thank CTOnews.com netizens soft media Xinyou 1933769 for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, Nov. 3 (Xinhua)-- Tom Warren, editor-in-chief of foreign media The Verge, said on Thursday that a document from Apple was disclosed as part of an ongoing antitrust trial in the United States v. Google. The document details Apple's "privacy protection" measures to distinguish it from Google, Microsoft and other competitors.

The document shows a slide that says "Android is a massive tracking device" (Android is a huge tracking device).

The disclosed slide contains a series of actions within Apple to promote "Competing on Privacy" (Privacy Competition), which was produced in January 2013. it deeply discusses how a series of competitors such as Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft deal with privacy issues and user data, and mentions some of the headlines on privacy issues in 2000-2010s. Including Google Street View car records private Wi-Fi network, Instagram in advertising in the use of user photos, and so on.

In addition, Apple compared the privacy handling of its products with those of its competitors.

Since then, Apple has chanted the slogan "Privacy is very important" in its 2019 ads, making it an important part of its marketing campaign.

CTOnews.com previously reported that according to a report released by Atlas based on data from the past three years, Apple App Store App Store rejected applications from 958, 000 apps in the three years between 2020 and 2022 because it was found to have violated privacy.