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Apple collects your browsing history, something which I have yet to find a good explanation for. https://apps.apple.com/zm/app/safari/id1146562112 https://apps.

Apple collects your browsing history, something which I have yet to find a good explanation for. https://apps.apple.com/zm/app/safari/id1146562112 https://apps.apple.com/zm/app/safari/id1146562112

wsername_with_w 4y ago
It says the collected browsing data is not linked to the user's identity. Still a bad move by Apple.
WelcomeShorty 4y ago
Your statement seems to leave away some important "details", so here is the full text from your link: The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity: Location Browsing History Usage Data Diagnostics
- synu 4y ago
  Wouldn’t most peoples browsing history plus location pretty much narrow them down to one person?
proamdev123 4y ago
That link is to Safari on iOS and it says that your browsing history may be collected but it’s not linked to your identity. Is it a privacy problem if Apple collects aggregate browsing history from iOS users? And is this relevant to a thread about desktop browsers?
- kevingadd 4y ago
  Unless sufficiently anonymized - and I don't know how much is actually sufficient - your browsing history can be used to identify you.
- prepend 4y ago
  I visit my HN comments page almost daily. There’s no way this can be anonymized away from me as the url contains my userid and can be linked back to me. Even anonymized, data can be used in negative ways against me (eg, trying to alter my purchase behavior through ads).
alexmingoia 4y ago
Safari history and tabs are end-to-end encrypted: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 And Apple provides iCloud+ members with a VPN which does not tie browsing history to users by separating ingress and egress traffic and using encrypted forwarding (similar to onion routing): https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/iCloud_Private_Relay_Overview_Dec2021.PDF https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/iCloud_Private_Relay_Over...
- robot9000 4y ago
  >Safari history and tabs are end-to-end encrypted: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 They are for iCloud backup, which is not the same as the data collected by the App AFAIK.
  - pseudalopex 4y ago
    iCloud backup is not end to end encrypted. iCloud sync of Safari History, Tab Groups, and iCloud Tabs is. The data collection the app page mentioned sounds like a 3rd thing. Or even E2EE is considered data collection for App Store purposes.

Apple collects your browsing history, something which I have yet to find a good explanation for. https://apps.apple.com/zm/app/safari/id1146562112 https://apps.apple.com/zm/app/safari/id1146562112

wsername_with_w 4y ago

It says the collected browsing data is not linked to the user's identity. Still a bad move by Apple.

WelcomeShorty 4y ago

Your statement seems to leave away some important "details", so here is the full text from your link: The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity: Location Browsing History Usage Data Diagnostics

synu 4y ago
Wouldn’t most peoples browsing history plus location pretty much narrow them down to one person?

proamdev123 4y ago

That link is to Safari on iOS and it says that your browsing history may be collected but it’s not linked to your identity. Is it a privacy problem if Apple collects aggregate browsing history from iOS users? And is this relevant to a thread about desktop browsers?

kevingadd 4y ago
Unless sufficiently anonymized - and I don't know how much is actually sufficient - your browsing history can be used to identify you.
prepend 4y ago
I visit my HN comments page almost daily. There’s no way this can be anonymized away from me as the url contains my userid and can be linked back to me. Even anonymized, data can be used in negative ways against me (eg, trying to alter my purchase behavior through ads).

alexmingoia 4y ago

Safari history and tabs are end-to-end encrypted: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 And Apple provides iCloud+ members with a VPN which does not tie browsing history to users by separating ingress and egress traffic and using encrypted forwarding (similar to onion routing): https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/iCloud_Private_Relay_Overview_Dec2021.PDF https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/iCloud_Private_Relay_Over...

robot9000 4y ago
>Safari history and tabs are end-to-end encrypted: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 They are for iCloud backup, which is not the same as the data collected by the App AFAIK.
- pseudalopex 4y ago
  iCloud backup is not end to end encrypted. iCloud sync of Safari History, Tab Groups, and iCloud Tabs is. The data collection the app page mentioned sounds like a 3rd thing. Or even E2EE is considered data collection for App Store purposes.