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What Apple Does and Doesn't Know About You

Posted by samzenpus on from the we-know-nothing dept.

Daniel_Stuckey writes "Tucked inside Apple's first-ever transparency report, published yesterday, was a not-so-subtle dig at the tech giant's competitors. 'Our business does not depend on collecting personal data,' Apple wrote. 'We have no interest in amassing personal information about our customers.' It's no secret that for social web companies like Google or Facebook, collecting, storing, and analyzing data about every aspect of your life translates into cold, hard cash—the more sensitive and personal, the better. But in the emerging post-NSA new world order, the unwritten privacy-for-cool services agreement that drives the internet ecosystem is making netizens increasingly uneasy."

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  1. Re:iads? by grub · · Score: 5, Informative


    On an iOS device go to Settings->Privacy->Advertising and there is a setting labelled "Limit Ad Tracking" which you can enable or disable.

    I don't think Facebook or Google offer that.

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  2. Re:Hmm by singularity · · Score: 5, Informative

    Where is the '-1, Factually Incorrect' mod when you need it?

    1) Yes, all Apple devices now prompt for an AppleID when you first turn them on. There is a 'Skip' button that you apparently completely missed, though. It is not a hidden button.

    2) Apparently you were unable to do a simple Google search to figure out how to create an iTunes Store account without a credit card. Apple has posted directions.

    Or does reality not fit with the bad image you want to have of Apple?

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  3. Re:Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    You could not find the "Skip" button on this screen?
    http://cdn.tutsplus.com/mac.tutsplus.com/authors/john-winter/appleID-Mac.jpg