Post by @elena@aseachange.com

Good morning Fedi friends!

I was recently creeped out by an article about how #Apple has been secretly building a super detailed « personal knowledge graph » on every user since 2022 ( https://8rank.ai/game/apple-intelligence-personal-knowledge-graph )

Excerpt:

"MacOS builds a knowledge graph about the person who uses it: who you know, how it decided those people are related to you, who you write to and how often, whose faces recur in your photos, where you might be next."

Claims that this information stays on device do not make me feel any better… this is incredibly intrusive (I did find that folder on my Mac, even if I have Apple Intelligence turned off - yikes).

My big project this month will be turning my beloved MacBook Air 2013 into a #Linux laptop.

LMK if you think this is something I should write about for #MySoCalledSudoLife.

Have a great day everyone !

#privacy

#apple #privacy #linux #mysocalledsudolife

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Mark Pospesel :kt_gr:

@mpospese@mountains.social 2 hr. ago

@elena I think writing about that journey would be valuable. Thank you for all your work, by the way!

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@elena@aseachange.com 2 hr. ago

@mpospese thank you Mark! Hoping it will be a success story (and not a horror story of how I bricked it) 😆 thank you for the kind words though 🙏

cuan_knaggs

@mensrea@freeradical.zone 2 hr. ago

@elena i have a pro 13" from 2013 and manjaro worked really well on it but it did take some fiddling to get the web cam working

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@elena@aseachange.com 2 hr. ago

@mensrea good to know! My webcam is totally cooked after years of tape on it, so it’s not a priority for me 😅

cuan_knaggs

@mensrea@freeradical.zone 2 hr. ago

@elena handy. unfortunately what got cooked on mine is the battery, so now it sits in a draw until i can get a new one

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@elena@aseachange.com 2 hr. ago

@mensrea m’y battery has been in terrible shape for years (with a warning « service required ») but I will give it a shot anyway. Remind me which distro did you pick?

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NormanDunbar

@NormanDunbar@mastodon.scot 3 hr. ago

@elena My question would have to be "if the information is only ever staying on the device, why are they collecting it?".

🤔🤔🤔

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@elena@aseachange.com 3 hr. ago

@NormanDunbar absolutely! And collecting it secretly, without knowledge of the users or the ability to opt out 😩

Andy Carolan

@andycarolan@social.lol 3 hr. ago

@elena Awful , but not surprising. Apple aren’t the privacy first company that they used to (pretend to?) be.

Also read an article about Apple employees signing people up for subscription services in store using the customer’s devices 😩

Have a great day! ☕️🥐

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@elena@aseachange.com 3 hr. ago

@andycarolan privacy-washing for sure… especially with all the intrusive new features and devices (Apple Watch that always listens and records conversations, AirPods with cameras, ewwwww). It’s so disappointing