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Maybe it's just me but the idea that my computer lets Apple (+ any LE organizations) surveil my app launches seems so much scarier than any malware.
Why is it scary that your computer checks for malware? It’s not like Apple us building a database of apps you’ve launched linked to your address and social security number.
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As an Apple user of 10 years: I had no idea macos phones home like this.
That's one potential issue, if you have privacy concerns. But the real problem here is that there's a blatant bug in the phone-home code that causes apps to crash if Apple's servers have a problem.
Sidebar topic, but something that is always in the back of my head. Cars are becoming evermore connected to the web. If something as simple as this can brick my Mac, then what will it be like in a vehicle? Will all cars simultaneously go haywire at the same time around the world? This of course assumes software or hardware safety overrides are not in place to overcome such a situation.
It's conceivable that someone could push bad updates to Tesla autopilot software, or briefly stop peoples' radios from working, but quiet OTA systems like that are the exception rather than the rule.
Wow this is a huge cluster - threw a complete wrench in my work for almost an hour. Is this what we should be expecting from Apple going forward?
This is the kind of stuff that makes me laugh at their (very successful) "Apple respects privacy" PR campaigns.
How is this not congruent with strong privacy protections? Your iPhone knows everywhere you’ve been, but when it sends that info to Apple it doesn’t include any personally identifiable information.
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> macOS is my favorite OS, but the shit I put up with... Idk, the several Linux distros I’ve used recently, and Windows, have a much longer list of “shit _I_ put up with”
Can you really think of a single thing worse than this?
You all seriously should have spent the last 20 years helping us make Linux better. What a waste.
Once you get over the lack of polish, you'll find that it was hiding seams that are useful to know about.