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What OP meant was that Apple has access to, and does datamine our personal information on every Apple devices. They sell the idea that Apple is the only "trust
by webmobdev 5y ago
What OP meant was that Apple has access to, and does datamine our personal information on every Apple devices.
They sell the idea that Apple is the only "trustworthy" entity capable of handling and protecting your data, so you can trust them with your data and you should ignore how they are datamining it (because they are "trustworthy").
- srtjstjsj 5y agoWhat personal data does Apple data mine?
- simonh 5y agoThe do data mine user information, if given permission, but they anonymise it first.
- SquishyPanda23 5y agoAccording to their privacy policy, virtually anything you send them. The only promise they make is that they don't link it in an identifiable way with third party data.
- FireBeyond 5y agoLocation traffic data. How do you think Apple Maps shows traffic flow on the most minor side streets?
- simondotau 5y agoLocation data used by Maps is aggressively anonymized prior to being collated.[1] By the time Apple has a "mine" of data to collate for Maps, it has no practical privacy implications and is no longer usefully described as "user data". At most you could describe it as user-derived. [1] https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/03/13/apple-maps-navigation-privacy/ https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/03/13/apple-maps-navigati...
- spideymans 5y agoThat traffic data is opt-in. You're asked if you want to participate when setting up a new iPhone.