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What is the traffic to xp.Apple.com? How much of that traffic is sensitive information? What breaks when you block the domain? According to [1] the domain supp
by imoverclocked 4y ago
What is the traffic to xp.Apple.com? How much of that traffic is sensitive information? What breaks when you block the domain?
According to [1] the domain supports proxies so it might be somewhat trivial to answer rather than just blanketing with, “my data is being sent to Apple.” Let’s get really specific and figure out what is being sent despite settings that explicitly apply to those values.
[1] https://support.apple.com/en-hk/HT210060 https://support.apple.com/en-hk/HT210060
- tick_tock_tick 4y ago> Let’s get really specific and figure out what is being sent despite settings that explicitly apply to those values. The opening of the connection itself leaks too much information so it's not even relevant what's being sent just that it was opened in the first place.
- Gigachad 4y agoIf you are concerned about any connection at all being made, you shouldn’t be using a consumer OS. You should install something like qubes OS and heavily lock down everything. It’s unreasonable to expect consumer products to function for highly specialised requirements that are counter to good experience for their intended markets.
- sneak 4y agoNot wanting your computer to spy on you is not a highly specialized requirement. Apple even uses privacy as a marketing differentiator.
- Gigachad 4y agoFetching a list of revoked certificates for example is not spying. If the simple request for this kind of data is a concern, you have very unusual requirements.
- boudin 4y agowhy the f*ck is there any netwrork traffic in the first place ?
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- Gigachad 4y agoPlenty of reasons. Fetching the updated list of malware domains is one, fetching the list of revoked certificates, checking for available updates. Checking the list of toggled feature flags, some features roll out in an OS update before being turned on. The addition of AirTags worked like this so it just worked day one when the product was available to buy. This is all stuff the average user wants and benefits from.
- _chu1 4y agoNo way to turn it off either. Nobody who sells me a product needs to tell me whats good for me
- Gigachad 4y ago>Nobody who sells me a product needs to tell me whats good for me That's exactly what buying a product is. You are letting the seller make the decisions for you, the alternative is building it yourself where you have the full freedom to do anything. Your job as a consumer is to decide what sellers you think are aligned with your needs or when to build yourself.
- pr0zac 4y agoGlad to see another informed consumer who buys eggs and only uses them for recipes provided by the grocery store! What I can’t figure out is why computers include input devices when you aren’t supposed to be making any decisions about how they’re used.
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- stuckkeys 4y agoYou can install proxyman on your device and observe for yourself how much apps and phone track info and talk back to their servers.