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Is apple now reading my keyboard inputs? (lemmy.giftedmc.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I‘m a little shocked rn. I am using fluffychat on ios since my legacy iphone is still working and I dont want to throw it out until its done.

But this happened the first time: I wrote „then I might need to take a taxi“ to someone and an installed taxi app immediately popped up via notifications saying „get off 25% today“ or something.

This freaks me out big time since it could mean every word I write on this phone gets checked by something/someone.

Anyone else? (It was literally the second I wrote the sentence)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Always has been.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (9 children)

No. If someone is telling you that Apple is doing that, they are lying to you. Demand proof, because no one can provide that. Because Apple is not doing that, and if they’re telling you they are, they are lying.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Had similar experiences. Check my post history. I got shit on by the apple community tho.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are you sure you didn’t have a boomer moment and accidentally spotlight search the taxi app?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Yes, of course haha. Apple is as much of a data company as Google or Facebook, but they pretend to be privacy centric. Their "privacy" reputation comes from preventing apps from tracking your and limiting their data collection.

This isn't for the good of the consumer, it simply gives apple a monopoly on data of their customers, that they can sell for a pretty penny.

If you want a truly privacy focused iPhone you likely have to jailbreak it. Either that or get an android phone and install graphene OS or other privacy centric off shoots of android OS.

Remember, if a company owns the operating system, you're being tracked. Happens just as much on windows and Mac. They'll even track what you say, and give you recommendations based on that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Provide proof or STFU

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

Isn’t it a bit like how I ate a sandwich today? I know I ate a sandwich but there’s no proof of it. I am still allowed to talk about eating a sandwich even though there’s no proof. Did I mention how I ate a sandwich today?

Also this is a bad example because I’m actually lying about the sandwich. I never ate a sandwich. But you get the point.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (13 children)

Yeah what's the surprise there? Apple devices are known for their privacy practices....NOT!