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Why are people freaked by this?
quote: "But really, what's the big deal?"
* choice. quote: "Hell, most third party apps now also "phone home" to check for updates." * Great so lets them all phone home and say nothing.
quote: "The only thing that I think anyone has a legitimate reason to complain about is
* That's why I'm going to block this process -by choice- and express that Apple is wrong
It reminds me that the same thing happened with iTunes. People did block the "feature" then I think we must stop being bigots and protect Apple as if it were a Church. amicably ;-)
Why are people freaked by this?
The term "Phone Home" means that this process sends personally identifiable data back to some third party without your consent. The term's on the front burner of popularity recently because Microsoft is indeed phoning home your data to check on your valid licenses without your consent. They have since bowed to the pressure for now, but the cat's out of the bag over on the Redmond side of the fence. |
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