Comment by jlokier

> You realize that you literally have to turn off the network connection completely to prevent dozens of companies from getting this information every waking moment

I do. (A look at my comment history would show I know quite a bit about networking.)

Again, the question being addressed, or actually the assertion being challenged, was: "hashes of the binaries I run don't exactly reveal any sensitive personal information about me"

I replied to show that those hashes do reveal that information.

But I threw in that how the hashes are sent (revealing the IP constantly) also reveals sensitive and personal information.

You might think that's inevitable, maybe so trivial it doesn't merit a mention. But in fact it isn't. It's purely a consequence of a technical decision. There are many ways Apple could perform the hash check without revealing your ephemeral IP to Apple.

Still, you asked what I thought was "how does sending your hash to Apple reveal where you go?".

Since you asked, I answered.

But perhaps I misunderstood your question, and you were asking how does Apple having the hash reveal where you are, not the act of sending it to them.

Fair enough.