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Safari is sending every search query to Apple Inc.

  • 20-10-2014 01:48AM
    #1
    Sebzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭


    Just breaking now.

    ---- SNIP
    In Yosemite, all Safari web searches are sent to not only the search engine you've selected (e.g., Google, DuckDuckGo), but *also* to Apple, even if you've disabled "Spotlight Suggestions" (System Preferences > Spotlight Suggestions, as per Apple's privacy documentation) and sharing of Usage and Diagnostics data.


    https://gist.github.com/landonf/04c25e83687fe0867892
    https://github.com/fix-macosx/yosemite-phone-home


Comments

  • #2
    bd0101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭bd0101


    Sebzy wrote: »
    Just breaking now.

    ---- SNIP
    In Yosemite, all Safari web searches are sent to not only the search engine you've selected (e.g., Google, DuckDuckGo), but *also* to Apple, even if you've disabled "Spotlight Suggestions" (System Preferences > Spotlight Suggestions, as per Apple's privacy documentation) and sharing of Usage and Diagnostics data.

    One must LOVE the work Apple does. Using their products is like surrendering your life. Not that other western companies are better (take Google and Microsoft as vivid examples), but Apple has a long standing history of tracking and monitoring every single move of their users.


  • #3
    Sebzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭Sebzy


    The lads over on ycombinator THN have gone through this is quite a bit of detail and it looks like business as usual for Apple Inc.

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8479958


  • #4
    bd0101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭bd0101


    Yet, it is amazing how the defaults (that most users never touch) are so intrusive ;)


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