Facebook Wanted NSO Spyware to Monitor iOS Users

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/topics/idsa-...

It sounds like they are going out of their way to say they don't collect website information here. Perhaps my recollection is wrong.

It's still shady as hell.

It's the "Intel® Computing Improvement Program" which is enabled by default and collects the following info (remainder is quoted from their site):

Intel wants to provide the best computing experiences. To accomplish this, we would like your permission to collect, use, and combine information to understand:

    The categories of websites you visit, but not the URL itself
    How you use your computer
    System information from your computer
    Other devices in your computing environment

    Software usage: for example, frequency and duration of application usage such as Intel® Driver & Support Assistant, but not the application content itself such as specific actions or keyboard input.
    Feature usage: for example, how much RAM you usually use or your laptop’s average battery life.
    Other devices in your computing environment
    The categories of websites you visit, but not the URL itself, Includes universal plug and play devices and devices that broadcast information to your computer on a local area network: for example, smart TV model and vendor information, and video streaming devices.
    The categories of websites you visit, but not the URL itself,
    The information collected includes categorized web browsing history that shows how long and how often you visited specific categories of sites (i.e. social media, personal finance, or news). All site visits are classified into one of 30 categories. We do not collect URLs, web pages titles, or user-specific content without explicit permission from you.

    Your device manufacturer
    CPU model
    Memory and display configuration
    OS version
    Software versions
    Region and language settings
    Regional location and time zone

This is now also forbidden by the DMA.

> 3. The gatekeeper shall ensure that the obligations of Articles 5, 6 and 7 are fully and effectively complied with.

> 4. The gatekeeper shall not engage in any behaviour that undermines effective compliance with the obligations of Articles 5, 6 and 7 regardless of whether that behaviour is of a contractual, commercial or technical nature, or of any other nature, or consists in the use of behavioural techniques or interface design.

> 6. The gatekeeper shall not degrade the conditions or quality of any of the core platform services provided to business users or end users who avail themselves of the rights or choices laid down in Articles 5, 6 and 7, or make the exercise of those rights or choices unduly difficult, including by offering choices to the end-user in a non-neutral manner, or by subverting end users’ or business users' autonomy, decision-making, or free choice via the structure, design, function or manner of operation of a user interface or a part thereof.

> 7. Where the gatekeeper circumvents or attempts to circumvent any of the obligations in Article 5, 6, or 7 in a manner described in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of this Article, the Commission may open proceedings pursuant to Article 20 and adopt an implementing act referred to in Article 8(2) in order to specify the measures that the gatekeeper is to implement.