Comment by threeseed
1 month ago
There is also no guarantee that Apple isn't lying about everything.
They could just have the OS batch uploads until a later point e.g. when the phone checks for updates.
The point is that this is all about risk mitigation not elimination.
> There is also no guarantee that Apple isn't lying about everything.
And at that point all the opt-in dialogs in the world don't matter and you should not be running iOS but building some custom Android ROM from scratch.
> There is also no guarantee that Apple isn't lying about everything.
Other than their entire reputation
A reputation has to be earned again and again.
Maybe your threat model can tolerate an "oopsie woopsie". Politically exposed persons probably cannot.
If you don't personally write the software stack on your devices, at some point you have to trust a third party.
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I’m stealing your information.
Hey! That’s wrong.
But I promise I won’t do anything wrong with it.
Well ok then.
This is still a very dishonest representation of what’s actually happening.