My point was that Spotlight search is on by default, that's what I took issue with. It may be on-device only but it's not clear to the end-user that it's happe

My point was that Spotlight search is on by default, that's what I took issue with. It may be on-device only but it's not clear to the end-user that it's happening at all. No visible setting to disable it and vulnerable to malware.