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Re:The spies in your home: How WiFi companies monitor your p... by rcarmo on Saturday August 17, 2024 @06:00AM (#41273198)
I think you're being overly paranoid. Apple is not an advertising company. They are a hardware company first and foremost, with a content and services business that goes to extreme lengths to ensure privacy.

The Apple routers and access points did zero traffic inspection (other than IGMP) and had absolutely no tracking features. Please do not bring biased, toxic reasoning into the conversation.

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Re:The spies in your home: How WiFi companies monitor your p... by foogazi on Saturday August 17, 2024 @12:36PM (#41275717)
> I think you're being overly paranoid.

No shortage of paranoid comments here

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Re:The spies in your home: How WiFi companies monitor your p... by whackyMax on Saturday August 17, 2024 @06:48PM (#41278648)
I think it’s okay to be paranoid in this space. Most of us are playing the role of consumers here. Strictly identifying the data collected, and identifying Apple’s interest/ disinterest in using that data for its own shareholder’s profit is definitely worth looking at from a consumers pov.
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Re:The spies in your home: How WiFi companies monitor your p... by fmajid on Saturday August 17, 2024 @06:28PM (#41278527)
Their hardware business is flatlining and they are relying on “services” for growth. Guess what “services” is? Primarily the 30% tax on transactions, but also their fast-growing advertising business.

As for data collection, iOS is only marginally better than Android, and Apple exempts itself from the IDFA controls it imposes on 3rd-party apps.

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/android-ios-data-collection

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