Apples fake privacy concerns.
They allow apps like gas buddy to wholesale sell your real time location to governments by using vague language in their privacy policies (which I cannot even find a link to on their homepage).
They allow apps like gas buddy to wholesale sell your real time location to governments by using vague language in their privacy policies (which I cannot even find a link to on their homepage).
This is one case where iOS widgets can impact your privacy: setting it to 'only during use' also qualifies the widget to refresh your location when it displays. It's not obvious to me whether any access of the widget screen is sufficient or whether you have to scroll past/to the GasBuddy widget to explicitly trigger that.
Anyway, Apple has been a loud advocate for privacy, and its CEO has strong personal reasons for valuing it.
I don't know what this is referring to, could you please share?
You control this. I don't recall whether this app supports "Never" as a Privacy > Location Services choice, but you can choose "While Using" instead of "Always".
That's because Apple explicitly tests for that during app review, and will reject apps which crash or refuse to work if they're denied access to Location Services or other APIs (photos, contacts, microphone, etc).
It can't. The permissions UI is rendered by the OS, not by the application. There's no way to hide the option to deny permissions.
Apple has been a loud, proven advocate and supporter of Privacy. This comment is all snark and nothing factual.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-apple-icloud-insigh...
They have already shown that they are willing to violate people's privacy. That is useful information.
This isn't personal, I just find it increasingly odd when people in online discussions gripe about company not doing x, is then shown clear examples of x and coping back with "that's what they want you to believe" or when asking for an example, is given one and backpedal saying "that doesn't meet these new criteria that weren't up for discussion from the start"
It boggles my mind.
If you won't offer concessions when evidence comes straight from the source what evidence will you?
I'm not saying that they violate your privacy, I'm only saying that we don't know what they do with your data, thus we don't know if they protect your privacy or not.
My complaint is easily solvable: Allow me to set up and use a phone/laptop in such a way that they can't violate my privacy.
For instance, Microsoft.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/china/china-overview-...
A privacy violation via legal means is still a privacy violation. I fully acknowledge that we don't know what Microsoft does with our data either.
Do you have evidence of Apple violating their privacy policy?
> > app steals user data
> jusy deny gps access or never install it
and then
> > apple throws chinese reporters under the bus
> they are just complying with local law.
like they didn't have an option of not doing business there.
The situation might be different if Apple was a different kind of company, but it is what it is.