Comment by charles_f
1 month ago
> please also write the parts that you disagree with. Thank you
The problem invoked by the article is that data is being sent back to Apple by default. Saying "it's fine because it's encrypted" and "don't use apple if you're not fine with that" doesn't help.
The post complains about a product that stored sensitive customer content locally now sends that data to Apple, and given the combination of abuse on privacy and horrendous, generalized security failures that we've seen across the industry, those concerns seem genuine. Your comment is very dismissive of these concerns, which would explain why it's being down voted.
Apple also makes a mandatory API call to captive.apple.com from every device with a web view, just about every time they connect to a network.
If someone is willing to take a hardline stance that a vendor should inform the user and require opt-in consent for every type of exchange, they are going to have to run platforms specifically targeted toward that mindset.