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This sounds an awful lot like FUD. Care to back up any of those generalizations with evidence?

by labster 9y ago

dawnbreez 9y ago
The trouble is that the evidence is basically "Apple says they don't". Because the source code is not open, we can't know for sure one way or the other.
- kgarten 9y ago
  No the source code won't help you. If you want to hide sth. you can hide it ;) http://wiki.c2.com/?TheKenThompsonHack http://wiki.c2.com/?TheKenThompsonHack
  - labster 9y ago
    Oh come on. For that to work Apple would have to become a major backer of a compiler, and even then provide major libraries that link to everything. And possibly even invent its own variant of C. What are the chances of that? Oh. Well. I'll just be hiding in this corner, then.
Johnny555 9y ago
It's right there in their privacy policy, they already say that they can share your location and other "non-personal information" for any purpose. And it's a very small step from "occupation, language, zip code, area code, unique device identifier, referrer URL, location" for a vendor to identify you. If they weren't selling location information, then they could just say it: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/ https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/ Collection and Use of Non-Personal Information We also collect data in a form that does not, on its own, permit direct association with any specific individual. We may collect, use, transfer, and disclose non-personal information for any purpose. The following are some examples of non-personal information that we collect and how we may use it: We may collect information such as occupation, language, zip code, area code, unique device identifier, referrer URL, location, and the time zone where an Apple product is used so that we can better understand customer behavior and improve our products, services, and advertising.

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This sounds an awful lot like FUD. Care to back up any of those generalizations with evidence?

by labster 9y ago

This sounds an awful lot like FUD. Care to back up any of those generalizations with evidence?

dawnbreez 9y ago
The trouble is that the evidence is basically "Apple says they don't". Because the source code is not open, we can't know for sure one way or the other.
- kgarten 9y ago
  No the source code won't help you. If you want to hide sth. you can hide it ;) http://wiki.c2.com/?TheKenThompsonHack http://wiki.c2.com/?TheKenThompsonHack
  - labster 9y ago
    Oh come on. For that to work Apple would have to become a major backer of a compiler, and even then provide major libraries that link to everything. And possibly even invent its own variant of C. What are the chances of that? Oh. Well. I'll just be hiding in this corner, then.
Johnny555 9y ago
It's right there in their privacy policy, they already say that they can share your location and other "non-personal information" for any purpose. And it's a very small step from "occupation, language, zip code, area code, unique device identifier, referrer URL, location" for a vendor to identify you. If they weren't selling location information, then they could just say it: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/ https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/ Collection and Use of Non-Personal Information We also collect data in a form that does not, on its own, permit direct association with any specific individual. We may collect, use, transfer, and disclose non-personal information for any purpose. The following are some examples of non-personal information that we collect and how we may use it: We may collect information such as occupation, language, zip code, area code, unique device identifier, referrer URL, location, and the time zone where an Apple product is used so that we can better understand customer behavior and improve our products, services, and advertising.