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Ungh • today at 11:30 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

Just spent 30 minutes poking around this. It's horrifying. Absolutely horrifying. All the intelligence and Siri stuff is turned off and blocked on my Mac yet it's still doing this.

Think this might kick me over the fence finally to Debian.


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ProllyInfamous • today at 12:16 PM

>All the intelligence and Siri stuff is turned off and blocked on my Mac yet it's still doing this.

Wait until you discover that macOS entirely ignores your manually-input DNS settings, before every bootup, to reach out to security.apple.com.

Have a network-wide PiHole (allegedly) blocking the entire *.apple.com domain? No you don't, (at least) not at bootup, because APPLE DOES NOT RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY and will use any network-discoverable DNS (instead of your configured Network Settings) to [attempt a] phone-home.

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I finally made the full switch to Linux earlier this year. Been a (primarily) Apple user since 1992.

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apples_oranges • today at 11:49 AM

The good news is that with AI, nothing stops Linux desktops from looking and feeling like (Former) osx..

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