Controlling 100% of the hardware and software you work with is not practical. Even with 100% OSS/HW, you would need to either fully audit, or pay someone to ful

Controlling 100% of the hardware and software you work with is not practical. Even with 100% OSS/HW, you would need to either fully audit, or pay someone to fully audit the source to ensure privacy. There are plenty of instances of OSS sharing more that one might like. The moment you touch the internet, you are probably sharing more than you would like regardless of the privacy focus of your browser. You can only protect your privacy 1) by remaining completely anonymous or 2) by trusting those your share your information with not to abuse it. It seems that Apple does not currently have much in the way of personally identifiable information on their customers. Whether you choose to believe them is up to you. Personally I feel like Apple's stance on privacy is self-serving, but still valuable. In the future, I believe that we will need to decide as a society how individual privacy should be handled and enact new laws and social norms.