Comment by eli
25 days ago
I'm comfortable with the idea that Netflix can collect data about what I watch on Netflix, and that Apple can track what I buy in the Apple app.
I'm not comfortable with my TV or streaming stick manufacturer collecting and mining data about everything that appears on the screen.
I haven't checked in a while, but the netflix app might contact third party domains.
I think other streaming apps definitely do.
Apple does too. I don't know about the TV, but a vanilla safari has a bunch of default favorites, and when you open a browser window it contacts each one of them and sets cookies. It also contacts google by default for searching, character by character quick search completion and on and on.
Wouldn't it be nice to be able to buy products without all this nonsense?
> It also contacts google by default for searching, character by character quick search completion
Similarly to the parent comment, I am quite comfortable with Safari sending my search query to Google when I perform a Google search.
I’m not sure how that’s nonsense.
by default is the key. You can choose duck duck go, but you have to navigate through settings -> apps -> safari first.
also you cannot enable private browsing by default. You have to turn it on manually, and updating safari will reset all that.
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> vanilla safari has a bunch of default favorites, and when you open a browser window it contacts each one of them and sets cookies
Last I checked it was grabbing the favicons; intentionally bad or not, this is still obnoxious anti-privacy behavior that needs to stop.