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keepper | 4 years ago

I'm not saying it's a slam dunk at all.

I'm saying Apple is ok with exempting themselves. How come their apps are not using the same dialog? Why do they hide behind "location services", when in reality, they are used for similar purposes?

Example, Airtags. https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2021/06/remember-apple-airtags-an...

How can AirTags highjack ANY apple device to report their location, without asking the device owner? Do IOS owners get asked in a dialog about allowing air tag tracking? NOPE

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defaultname|4 years ago

"How come their apps are not using the same dialog?"

Apple isn't sharing your data with other companies / data brokers. They aren't selling your information, or buying your information. It is a silo. They aren't "exempting" themselves, it isn't relevant to them.

For that matter, maybe you haven't noticed but Google apps don't show this warning either. For whatever criticisms I might have about Google's data siphoning, they silo it and aren't data whores like Facebook and companies like that.

Again, this is Apple's business model, and it's one that many of us appreciate and will pay for, and more for. It is sadly a rare quality now.

"How can AirTags highjack ANY apple device to report their location"

Hijack is an odd way to phrase it.