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You have to make it sound bad or no one would read it and earn you ad revenue (edit: donations?)
I doubt Aalto University is hurting for money that badly.
Keeping your data from Apple is harder than expected
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Re: Keeping your data from Apple is harder than expected
#52Always wanted the option to disable network access for an app.
The lack of this made me suspect that Apple had too much to lose (in harvesting data) to allow this.
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#54Someone much more tech savvy than me should try to use Charles Proxy on an iOS device and see how often your phone is communicating with Apple servers. It’s pretty wild.
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#55This article is highly misleading, making it sound like Siri is collecting data from apps and sending it to Apple. This is not the case, Siri Suggestions are fully on-device, though they can sync accross devices with mandatory E2EE. Apple never gets access to any of this data.
Apple can remotely execute code on any internet connected device running an proprietary Apple operating system.
It is only a matter of time before courts realize this.
The CCP controls the Apple software signing HSMs in China for a reason.
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#56Apple should provide an option to opt-out of Siri "learn from app" for ALL applications. At present, this must be done individually for every app, https://www.imore.com/how-stop-siri-learning-how-you-use-app... . When you later install new apps after setting up the device, you have to remember to go into Settings and opt-out again, for every app, forever. How many people know that iOS devices will default to Siri rea…
It would be much better if I could just uninstall Siri. I don't want a voice assistant, and never have.
Re: Keeping your data from Apple is harder than expected
#57The word privacy means so many different things to different people it is hard to discuss about it without first defining it. The word "privacy" in modern sense has been twisted to mean anonymous. So any data collection in absolute terms is an invasion of Privacy. Hence the confusion. The word "privacy" in Apple sense was that only they can collect information about you. But not any other third party without permissi…
Is it PII? Yes, because it's linked to your personal Apple account, that identifies you as an individual to the data controller (Apple, as they are the ones deciding which data to collect and how it will be used). Is it pseudonymized? No Is it fully anonymized? No Is the user given transparent information about which data is collected, how it is used, for which purposes? No Is the user given the choice to object to t…
If, as another poster claimed, the data never leaves your device, you absolutely can have privacy. Some people might prefer a stricter form, but it’s not nothing.
Re: Keeping your data from Apple is harder than expected
#58What I never understand is how engineers working at Apple think about the product they make. Can they love a device that shares data with their employer and advertisers?
They probably think they are doing the user a service. Apple employees tend to be pretty evangelised.
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You seem to be forgetting IP address, uniquely identifiable metadata such as software version combinations, timing attacks, etc.