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Although I've managed to neuter this crap, we really need a table which details all the data MS, Google, Apple, various Linux apps collect under the guise of 'u
by ksk 10y ago
Although I've managed to neuter this crap, we really need a table which details all the data MS, Google, Apple, various Linux apps collect under the guise of 'usage data'. I'm willing to grant that most of this is not nefarious, but there should definitely be an opt-out. As the owner of the machine, I do not want my CPU cycles going towards this, or JS scripts that track me, etc.
- dilap 10y agoI don't think Apple collects anything, unless you say explicitly say "Yes, share usage data" during installation. (Maybe I'm being naive.) I feel like what we really need might be a legislation mandating easy opt-out (or even better, requiring opt-in).
- ksk 10y agoAFAIK, I think its enabled by default on iOS, but you can opt-out. https://support.apple.com/kb/PH25654 https://support.apple.com/kb/PH25654 On OSX this document seems to say no data is sent without explicit instruction, but then it says "data can be sent automatically if one of these events occurs".