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Re:Does Apple really log every app you run? A technical look by danShumway on Sunday November 15, 2020 @03:39AM (#25099399)
I think the bigger point here is, if Apple started to store the data and make it personally identifiable, you would have no way of knowing that they had.

They wouldn't need to install anything new on your computer to start tracking you in more detail or building a user profile on you, they could just start doing it invisibly behind the scenes on a server someplace. That's a big deal, because even though you're trusting them to administer your device, if they did start pushing out spyware, there's a good chance a security researcher would notice it. But there's no way for us to know what Apple does with this data once it leaves our devices.

Re:Does Apple really log every app you run? A technical look by tshaddox on Sunday November 15, 2020 @12:49PM (#25103108)
I just don’t think that’s a very big deal. Did anyone notice when Apple shipped this update? Maybe so, but it certainly wasn’t a huge ongoing issue in the community. It seems pretty clear that they could get away with a minor evil update if they decided to turn evil.