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They’re working on the OCSP issue and I would say it’s more of a disclosure bug than telemetry, which implies intent. You’re right about Maps but you’re saying
by jolux 6y ago
They’re working on the OCSP issue and I would say it’s more of a disclosure bug than telemetry, which implies intent. You’re right about Maps but you’re saying it’s “almost every app,” do you know of others? Because I’m pretty sure it’s not “almost every app,” and moreover in Maps it’s required to deliver the functionality, so I’m also not sure I would call it telemetry.
- sneak 6y agoStocks. Weather. News. Maps (has a unique ID across multiple interactions to serve as explicit telemetry). App Store (sends device serial). TV (sends device serial). iMessage (sends device serial). Telemetry doesn't imply intent. Many things serve great as telemetry that aren't intended to be such. There's no way to limit the way the raw data collected can be mined later, offline.
- jolux 6y agoDo you have resources on the data collection these apps do? I'm interested in digging deeper.
- sneak 6y agotcpdump them, or read the data/privacy disclosure link at the bottom of the first launch pane of any of them. https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM if you need an easy way to fire up a fresh install.
- jolux 6y agoI never use those apps so I wasn't fully aware that they did this. Seems like it's for advertising though. I've had ad tracking turned off on their platforms for years.