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Re:iPhone apps share data with trackers, ad companies and re... by 3xblah on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @05:51AM (#20038330)
"Your IP address is nearly as good as your GPS coordinates."

Are you only concerned about transmitting your IP address to other third parties besides Apple? iOS is configured to automatically transmit the user's IP address to various Apple servers on a continual basis, e.g. time-osx.g.aaplimg.com. iOS users cannot change that configuration.

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Re:iPhone apps share data with trackers, ad companies and re... by tgragnato on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @07:52AM (#20038984)
The CNAME for time.apple.com and time.euro.apple.com (but not time.asia.apple.com -> time-ios.g.aaplimg.com).

I don't think there's something stopping you from redirecting 123/udp to your own NTP server. This is another of the problems that are easily solved with a VPN.

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Re:iPhone apps share data with trackers, ad companies and re... by 3xblah on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @08:10AM (#20039112)
"I don't think there's something stopping you from redirecting 123/udp to your own NTP server."

Neither do I. I use local DNS and a router to block traffic to Apple servers.

Of course it would be easier to simply edit the operating system configuration files, if the device manufacturer did not try to prevent device owners from doing so.

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