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tommikele said:

22july2013 said:

In response, Apple called the claims in the complaint "patently false and will be seen for what they are, a poor attempt by those who track users to distract from their own actions and mislead regulators and policymakers." 

I look forward to hearing more from Apple about that.

Apple does not share data with third party tracker and ad sellers. That is consistent with their new privacy features. Facebook on the other hand shares data internally as Apple does, but with half of the rest of the world too..

The statement you quote is 100% correct.

Apple used third party contractors to listen to Siri conversations, until they got caught.  They also recorded your unencrypted IP address for every app you opened on your Mac, and prevented firewalls and VPNs from blocking the information.  Apple's privacy statements are still PR fluff.  Apple knows all about you and they can do whatever they want with the information because you agreed to the EULA.  Just watch Terms and Conditions May Apply.

sdw2001 said:

I just can’t with this Billie Eilish thing anymore.  We get it.  She’s talented.  Apple is pushing her as the next John Lennon.  

Actually, she is not talented.  Her music is dull.  There is nothing special about her, but somehow writing a song in your bedroom with your brother is supposed to be something no one has ever done before.  It is bizarre how Apple is pushing this, but sorry, it is not going to get more people to subscribe to or watch AppleTV+ to see some kid running around wearing oversized baggy clothes because she has no self esteem and thinks she is entitled.  Just sweep her under the rug like Lindsey Lohan.

sbdude said:

They will sell hundreds!

That is being generous.  I was thinking more like a handful.

avon b7 said:

As for the 'slow' restore process. I'm not sure that should be a problem. 

In an Enterprise environment, it is a huge problem because you can't exactly tell your employee that fixing their iPhone is going to be an all day process because the Internet Recovery is so slow.  Even for a general consumer, losing total access to their phone for many hours is a big problem, when the current recovery does not take long at all.

This is not a problem that requires a solution.  This is removing a feature to cause many problems...which apparently Apple seems to be good at doing these days.

GeorgeBMac said:

Hank2.0 said:

The first method involves a user putting the iPhone into a manual recovery mode, triggering the Internet Restore broadcast. This is picked up by nearby Macs or a PC with iTunes installed, which will bring up prompts to guide the user through the rest of the restoration. 

The second way is for the device itself to enter the mode automatically, again bringing up the same prompts. A third apparently involves using Bluetooth as a "last resort" measure to broadcast the signal and for data transfers. 

Completely wireless recovery. What could possibly go wrong?

If you maintain your AppleCare+, very little could go seriously wrong.  At least nothing that a trip to the Apple Store couldn't cure.

An Apple Store employee won't have better luck under the same circumstances with internet recovery.  AppleCare+ still expires after 2 years and many people keep their phones much longer than that.  And not everyone lives close to an Apple Store to take their phone in for service.