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a) Apple does not give you a choice about whether to send your location data to Apple. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24585353 https://news.ycombinator.co
by lern_too_spel 4y ago
a) Apple does not give you a choice about whether to send your location data to Apple. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24585353 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24585353
b) Most of the apps I use aren't purchased. Why should Apple know which apps they are? Apple's privacy-respecting (in actuality instead of in marketing) competitors don't require this.
- threeseed 4y agoa) We are in 2022. A lot can and has changed in the last 2 years especially with regards to privacy. Again do you have evidence that location data is being sent to Apple when all the options have been disabled. b) I’m not sure if developer installs are being tracked by Apple. Are they ?
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- lern_too_spel 4y agoa) The apple.com webpage linked in that HN comment moved to https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/location-services/ https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/location-service..., which contains every quoted section essentially verbatim. b) Developer installs on iOS are even worse for privacy than App Store installs, requiring an up-to-date payment method to associate with your device instead of just an email address or phone number.