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Aside from the what the modal actually says (mine doesn't say anything about "sending" info, and I have a 2023 M2 MBP) I don't really think it's fair to put App
by waterTanuki 2y ago
Aside from the what the modal actually says (mine doesn't say anything about "sending" info, and I have a 2023 M2 MBP) I don't really think it's fair to put Apple in the same category as Amazon when it comes to sending data to the cloud, because they actually have more of a financial incentive to keep your data private than selling it to the highest bidder.
I also highly doubt that they will somehow later down the line magically change their minds given the millions (maybe over a billion at this point) of dollars invested in things like private cloud compute (1) and challenging the U.K. government (2) in court over E2E cloud backups.
(1) https://security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute/ https://security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute/
(2) https://www.reuters.com/technology/court-hearing-reported-be-apples-appeal-against-uk-order-held-secret-2025-03-14/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/court-hearing-reported-be...
- replete 2y agoThe modal I have says exactly this: --- Do you want to enable Dictation? When you dictate text, information like your voice input and contact names are sent to Apple to help your Mac recognise what you’re saying. [Enable] Dictation Privacy (a policy) [Cancel] --- I think it is entirely fair to put Apple in this category, because they have effectively disabled offline dictation for me except if I agree to sent my voice data to Apple. I have used this offline dictation feature for years by the way