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Period tracking app refuses to disclose data to American authorities (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 4 days ago by lemmee_in@lemm.ee to c/privacy@programming.dev

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[–] moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Updates aren’t forced.

No. Apple claims updates aren't forced. With proprietary software, we have no way to verify if they have some way of forcing an update through.

You have the ability to enable automatic updates, but they are turned off by default.

No. Apple claims that only the user can enable automatic updates. With proprietary software, we have no way to verify if Apple can enable them remotely.

Also, are you really going tell users to not update?

They also cannot affect user data. iOS and app software is sandboxed. The kernel keeps application and OS layers independent, just like Linux.

No. Apple claims that updates cannot affect user data. Again, with proprietary software, there is no way to truly verify.

Apple users will experience the same thing that all other computer owners experience when they disable updates entirely; outdated security software and limited compatibility.

Oh...so updates are good now, and we should update, even if it puts us at risk of something malicious?

You are taking Apple's claims as truth and pretending they are good. They probably aren't.

But, as someone else mentioned in the thread: The US government can force companies to spy for them. Even if Apple was as good as they market themselves to be, they cannot outrun the government.

Now, it's not realistic to force everybody to switch away from iPhones. But, we should stop treating proprietary software as truly trustworthy with our data.