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"Apple collects tons of user data..." I gateway all my devices through one computer running a stripped down kernel. Through this host I monitor all attempted
by gwu78 11y ago
"Apple collects tons of user data..."
I gateway all my devices through one computer running a stripped down kernel. Through this host I monitor all attempted network connections. I block ads and of course this means I block Apple.
Apple devices are like beacons, attempting to contact a variety of Apple servers from the moment you turn them on and continuing to "phone home" incessantly 24/7 until you turn them off. That is only one example, but to me it is the most egregious.
Apple's competititors are no better. Do users really believe that one of these companies is going to protect them?
When the owner of a Chromecast plugs it in for the first time it tries to connect to Google to patch itself and prevent the owner from jailbreaking.
Perhaps my favourite was this patent application from Apple, with the CEO as a listed inventor.
http://www.google.com/patents/US20090265214 http://www.google.com/patents/US20090265214
As for "providing advertisers with guided access to your eyeball" I believe that is what the App Store system does; it lets the app developers do the providing by embedding advertising into applications (cf. operating system, as in the above application).
- coned88 11y ago> I gateway all my devices through one computer running a stripped down kernel. Through this host I monitor all network connections. I block ads and of course this means I block Apple. Do you do this always via a vpn or something or was it just to try it out?
- gwu78 11y agos/connections/attempted &/ Yes, I do this always. For me, the ad blocking is most easily done via DNS. djbdns features make it especially easy. I have been using DNS to block ads especially in app ads for several years now. Never expected it to work so well (such heavy reliance on DNS by developers), but it does. There are of course other ways besides DNS to block unwanted connections including ones to Apple and third party ad servers. As for Apple's VPN capabilities, I have experimented with xl2tpd but not as a way to block ads.
- coned88 11y agodon't you waste a lot of battery going through a vpn though on your cell phone? I'd love to hear more about this setup.
- snom320 11y agoHave you analyzed this traffic to see what it is? I would expect some of it to be stuff like NTP, checks for internet connectivity and app store updates.