I definitely see some questionable privacy practices by Apple...
- While "10x less", iPhone still sends your private information (such as location) to Apple on a regular basis[1].
- Apple encrypts iCloud backups with a key they control, not end-to-end[2]. This means that Apple can decrypt and inspect your phone and computer backups.
- According to the article, iOS developers can use their "new privacy-focused ad framework" to "allow anonymously retrieving data without getting a hold of the user or specific information". I don't fully understand that sentence but it sounds a lot like Apple trying to compete directly with Goog + FB in the advertising industry.
- While "10x less", iPhone still sends your private information (such as location) to Apple on a regular basis[1].
- Apple encrypts iCloud backups with a key they control, not end-to-end[2]. This means that Apple can decrypt and inspect your phone and computer backups.
- According to the article, iOS developers can use their "new privacy-focused ad framework" to "allow anonymously retrieving data without getting a hold of the user or specific information". I don't fully understand that sentence but it sounds a lot like Apple trying to compete directly with Goog + FB in the advertising industry.
- Hardware made in China[3].
1. https://digitalcontentnext.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DC...
2. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303
3. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-h...