Check this box to affirm you have no conflict of interest. on Website [image] OS - macOS Tahoe macOS Tahoe with a new design, more ways to work seamlessly across devices, and new features to turbocharge productivity every day. Short description macOS is an o…

[image] fria: I’m not really sure this is necessary, we already have a macOS guide. The Linux distros are recommended because there’s so many different options if you need Linux, whereas there’s only one macOS. There are so many reasons someone might need a specific operating system outside of j…

[image] fria: They really have no choice, they have to comply with the local laws. That’s not true. Google choose to stand up to Russia (after some PR backlash, true) by reverting it’s removal of anti-war videos. Yes, they got banned for it. and that’s the right thing to do.

The code to scan images still exists on iphones, it is just not used.

[image] fria: No basically there was a setting in the settings for telemetry or something but it didn’t cover all Apple apps which confused people. They enabled telemetry for targeted ads by default CNIL found that v14.6 of iOS automatically read identifiers on the user’s iPhone — which ser…

[image] anon80779245: They enabled telemtry for targeted ads by default Yes I thought you were referring to a different incident.

[image] fria: Looks like it’s just within the App Store which you can avoid on a Mac if you want. You also have a toggle for personalized ads it’s just enabled by default. IMO Yes. An OS is perhaps the most sensitive software, so we need to be very careful about what we recommend. Trust is pa…

[image] anon48875053: Considering that 1Password is still recommended because PG doesn’t really care that much about FOSS, I don’t see why macOS couldn’t be recommended. The 1Password issue lives in your head rent free. :joy: This makes me question whether this is a good faith suggestion or …

I don’t think recommending an OS that, sometimes, didn’t respect the users’ privacy toggle is a good idea in a privacy-focus community like this one.

What exactly are you referring to here?

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The 1Password issue lives in your head rent free.

This makes me question whether this is a good faith suggestion or just another joke post.

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