Substantial_Boiler t1_je4uftz wrote on March 29, 2023 at 12:56 PM

Reply to comment by SACHD in iPhone 15 Pro & Pro Max to be equipped with always-on “micro-processor” that will manage capacitive buttons and more even while the phone is powered down. by AppleXOS

Data exchange in network traffic is usually encrypted. If they really tried, it could also be obfuscated in other ways, so there's no real way to know if they're really spying or not.

You can only fully trust it if the OS and its relevant application components are open source. so that you exactly know what it does.

GlitchParrot t1_je4wmdt wrote on March 29, 2023 at 1:14 PM

Correction: You can only fully trust it if the entire stack from hardware, drivers, firmware, kernel, OS and applications running on the OS are open source, you have assembled all of them yourself, and read through the entire source code.

XSavageWalrusX t1_je4xje2 wrote on March 29, 2023 at 1:21 PM

It seems like a lot of you people lose a ton of time trying to prevent companies from seeing you go to pornhub. I’m all for easy steps like turning off tracking settings and using a VPN, but the security obsession some people have really misses the ball on what actually matters.