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This type of crap is why I stopped using windows and macos. I don't want my security to be compromised because of some idiot in a suit making a bad call.
by wilt 6y ago
This type of crap is why I stopped using windows and macos. I don't want my security to be compromised because of some idiot in a suit making a bad call.
- dewey 6y agoSometimes these companies have a lot of resources to harden other parts of the system though so it'll always be a trade-off.
- totalZero 6y agoTrue, but that line of thinking assumes they will harden those things in favor of the customer/user. The article suggests that Apple may be exempting its own apps from user-defined network traffic protection measures in order to clamp down on geographical licensing loopholes, or to keep its app traffic out of VPN servers. Either case would be to the benefit of Apple and the detriment of the customer/user IMO.
- eeZah7Ux 6y agoNo, not at all, when compared to Linux.
- intricatedetail 6y agoI disabled all telemetry in Windows and use Glasswire to check what's up, but planning to add RPI with some extra traffic monitoring. Frankly this is untenable. Users shouldn't have to go to such lengths to protect their privacy. Apple and Microsoft need to be held accountable and ordered to delete all personal data harvested to which they cannot provide legitimate reason to have it.
- Ruthalas 6y agoIf you don't mind sharing, what did you use to disable telemetry?
- coldtea 6y agoAre billions of people better served with compromised security not because of some idiot in a suit, but because they installed Linux and don't know what exactly they're doing?
- pjmlp 6y agoI hope for your safety that you also stopped using any OS written in C.