Re:Apple switches from Bing to Google for Siri web search on...
by stephenr on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @05:22AM
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> They make sort of okay attempts at privacy, but since they don't collect a lot, they don't need to do a lot
Not collecting data in the first place is a pretty big part of respecting user privacy.
Numerous parts of the iCloud-related tech stack in iOS/macOS devices do peer-to-peer syncing between account-linked devices specifically so that data isn't sent to Apple servers. That isn't something you just do by chance and then capitalise on later.
> many of the things they have done have been weak, easily exploitable, or hacked
Not collecting data in the first place is a pretty big part of respecting user privacy.
Numerous parts of the iCloud-related tech stack in iOS/macOS devices do peer-to-peer syncing between account-linked devices specifically so that data isn't sent to Apple servers. That isn't something you just do by chance and then capitalise on later.
> many of the things they have done have been weak, easily exploitable, or hacked
[citation needed]