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Keeping your data hidden from Apple is ‘virtually impossible,’ experts warn
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0:59Now PlayingIf you think you’re protecting your data, think again.
Experts have warned that keeping your data hidden from Apple is “virtually impossible.”
Despite the slogan, “Privacy. That’s Apple,” new research from Finland’s Aalto University suggests that the default apps on an iPhone, iPad and MacBook collect personal data — even when they appear to be disabled, South West News Service reported.
Many previous studies have shown how voluntary third-party apps invade people’s privacy, but this was the first to investigate the privacy settings of the default apps that are pretty much unavoidable on a new Apple device.
“We focused on apps that are an integral part of the platform and ecosystem. These apps are glued to the platform, and getting rid of them is virtually impossible,” Associate Professor Janne Lindqvist, head of the computer science department at Aalto, said in a statement.
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