Comment by dltj
4 years ago
In addition to size of the data transmission being a poor measure of privacy implications (XML versus JSON anyone?), this paragraph is nonsense: "The University of Dublin professor says that this expansive data collection raises at least two major concerns. First, that the telemetry can be used to link physical devices to personal details, data that both companies are most likely exploiting for advertising purposes."
Apple doesn't have an advertising business, nor does it share that information with advertisers.
Apple supposedly makes billions every year from ad revenue. Not a core part of their business but still nothing to sneeze at
In addition to https://searchads.apple.com there's ads in the stock and news apps.