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Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 by threeseed on Saturday December 28, 2024 @06:16PM (#42535725)
Or option (c).

This is a useful, harmless feature that does not comprise security or privacy in any way.

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Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 by talldayo on Saturday December 28, 2024 @06:25PM (#42535786)
If it's a useful, harmless feature, then let users opt-in. You'd think Apple would have learned their lesson after a decade of people bitching about U2 being secreted-in to their iTunes library, but apparently not.

Users are smart enough to decide for themselves. Let them.

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Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 by kalleboo on Saturday December 28, 2024 @10:17PM (#42537169)
All I've seen this year is people complaining about all the security dialogs Apple are throwing at them when they upgrade macOS ARE YOU SURE ARE YOU SURE ARE YOU SURE
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