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Your Computer Isn't Yours [View all] LiberalArkie Nov 2020 OP
Linux, baby! LongtimeAZDem Nov 2020 #1
or just really good firewall settings Amishman Nov 2020 #2
I never own apple products except for a lousy iPad, my main computer beachbumbob Nov 2020 #3
I ran unix before dos came out and Suse Linux for many years. Why I went to Mac was that it LiberalArkie Nov 2020 #5
Sure d_r Nov 2020 #10
Not really that big a deal if it's anonymous and simply telling apple that a given program mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #4
From a certain computer with a certain IP and located at so and so location. LiberalArkie Nov 2020 #6
Except Apple doesnt track IP address and location is tracked with temporary IDS FreeState Nov 2020 #11
They do on this system. It is not an Apple owned data farm. LiberalArkie Nov 2020 #18
I doubt that the homebuilt computer I use does that csziggy Nov 2020 #7
Every version of Windows from 7 forward does this by default. Earthshine2 Nov 2020 #12
I stopped doing updates almost a year ago csziggy Nov 2020 #13
MS added the telemetry to Win 7 and 8 about three years ago. Earthshine2 Nov 2020 #15
I stopped doing updates since I plan to upgrade my system csziggy Nov 2020 #17
There are good open-source replacements for all those things. lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #14
I tried open source and Linux a while back csziggy Nov 2020 #16
Need to repair a Apple product? ItsjustMe Nov 2020 #8
Ubuntu Linux John Ludi Nov 2020 #9
If this is done under the "Analytics" category, you can opt out. Silent3 Nov 2020 #19
It is run in the background. I just checked my old Mac mini running high Sierra and it is in it. LiberalArkie Nov 2020 #20
I didn't see any problem on my MacBook Pro yesterday, which I was using a good portion of the day. Silent3 Nov 2020 #21
They had a server problem last week I believe.. But the server problem led some to LiberalArkie Nov 2020 #22
Thread on Reddit ItsjustMe Nov 2020 #23
This is what I did LiberalArkie Nov 2020 #25
F#$k Apple JCMach1 Nov 2020 #24
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