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A comment on Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15. Parent comment

Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 by SebFender on Monday December 30, 2024 @07:33AM (#42548735)
So you don't want a browser?
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Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 by 0xFF0123 on Monday December 30, 2024 @07:37AM (#42548761)
A browser (without telemetry) is surely a good definition of something that doesn't initiate network calls before user intent
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Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 by jchw on Monday December 30, 2024 @08:53AM (#42549253)
Browsing the Internet is explicit intent! Some of the stuff enabled by JavaScript definitely tows the line but at the very least that's not really the direct fault of the browser.
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