Spyware in macOS(gnu.org)
gnu.org
Spyware in macOS
https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html#SpywareInMacOS
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> without asking permission.
> Apple admits the spying in a search facility, but there's a lot more snooping that Apple has not talked about.
> Various operations in the latest MacOS send reports to Apple servers.
>Spotlight search sends users' search terms to Apple.
Most of this is complaining about telemetry, which is a valid thing to be concerned about.
https://github.com/fix-macosx/yosemite-phone-home
> Apple admits the spying in a search facility, but there's a lot more snooping that Apple has not talked about.
> Various operations in the latest MacOS send reports to Apple servers.
>Spotlight search sends users' search terms to Apple.
Most of this is complaining about telemetry, which is a valid thing to be concerned about.
https://github.com/fix-macosx/yosemite-phone-home
Every article is over 5 years old, and some of them imply the problem is with MacOS, then link to issues with iPhones. Come back with real data.
I accept being downvoted to death for saying this, but everytime I see gnu.org (or anything RMS related) I can't help but roll my eyes and start with a huge dose of prejudice about what I'm about to read
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Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.
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Don't forget the ever present hatred seemingly everyone who doesn't own Apple products or has any desire to own Apple products has for Apple and every product they make.
Paranoid scaremongering.
The purpose of which is?
To drive users to use GNU tools and systems.
Not easy to take it seriously when they say things like "iThing" and "Big Brother".
Next thing you know they'll be telling us Google is secretly storing our files when we use Drive.