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Are you sure that an iPhone can be completely cut off from Apple?

• willis936 5y ago
  Yes, by simple means of IP filtering *apple.com from a network you VPN to if you don't trust the device to honor the settings. The device will still work. You'll be hardpressed to find a more secure hardware platform on android. https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1902/en_US/apple-platform-security-guide.pdf https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1902/en_US/app...
  • sloshnmosh 5y ago
    You’ll also want something that can also catch CNAME’s (such as Pihole) because Apple uses content delivery servers such as Akamai for a lot of their data transfers.
    • willis936 5y ago
      True. If it were me who really cared about phoning home, I would buy a fresh iPhone, put it on its own WLAN from first boot, then record all packets from it for a month (plus some prodding of opening apps and changing settings). That should build a relatively comprehensive list of addresses to consider filtering. Short of living in a shack in the woods, we will all have to trust someone at some point. I'm content to trust Apple to not lie on their documents, so the more important security and privacy checkboxes are ticked.