Just wondering as a Mac user without much experience: how is Safari in terms of privacy compared to say Firefox?
If a lack of privacy is like being nude in public, Apple is an expensive bouncer at an expensive club where you take your clothes off for free in front of people who pay apple a cover charge, because Apple promised them you have the biggest tits.
It's kinda flattering, but is it really privacy?
I don't think u need to worry to much about ur browser when ur os is always sending info in the background.
What info? god knows, but its concerning how it increased after apple introduced his plan to do some shady Facebook like business just after u guessed, blocking Facebook for doing the same without giving him his part of the cake.
when ur os is always sending info in the background.
Flashback to the Windows 10 launch, when typing anything while the resource manager was open revealed a small spike in internet traffic.
No clue what actually happened in the background, but it was consistent over multiple friends computers. Very fun.
You're using an apple product, you didn't have any privacy in the first place. Browser choice isn't going to change that either way.
Because Google is a bastion of privacy
Wrong, Apple doesn't just hand over their user's data without a warrant like other vendors.
Do you have proof of this? For example with the payment info on Apple Pay. It is all encrypted, not even the side I’m buying from sees my address or credit card info.
It's the same with Google Wallet, too, so that doesn't really demonstrate anything.
Edit: we should start a class action lawsuit, this is extremely illegal in the EU
IMO much better. It’s Apple product. You give your data to them anyway while using macOS or iOS so that’s one argument: no need to share your data with anyone else.
Apart of that they have built in tracking blockers and I think they fiddle with cookies because I get logged out from services more frequently than on other browsers that I use for web development.
Wait... Your argument is "it's good for privacy because you sent your telemetry already anyway?
I mean, it is a fair point that if you were worried about Safari's privacy, you should've been worried about MacOS first.
It'd be like being worried about privacy of IE on Windows. The OS is doing everything and more.
Just wondering as a Mac user without much experience: how is Safari in terms of privacy compared to say Firefox?
If a lack of privacy is like being nude in public, Apple is an expensive bouncer at an expensive club where you take your clothes off for free in front of people who pay apple a cover charge, because Apple promised them you have the biggest tits.
It's kinda flattering, but is it really privacy?
I don't think u need to worry to much about ur browser when ur os is always sending info in the background.
What info? god knows, but its concerning how it increased after apple introduced his plan to do some shady Facebook like business just after u guessed, blocking Facebook for doing the same without giving him his part of the cake.
Flashback to the Windows 10 launch, when typing anything while the resource manager was open revealed a small spike in internet traffic.
No clue what actually happened in the background, but it was consistent over multiple friends computers. Very fun.
You're using an apple product, you didn't have any privacy in the first place. Browser choice isn't going to change that either way.
Because Google is a bastion of privacy
Wrong, Apple doesn't just hand over their user's data without a warrant like other vendors.
Do you have proof of this? For example with the payment info on Apple Pay. It is all encrypted, not even the side I’m buying from sees my address or credit card info.
It's the same with Google Wallet, too, so that doesn't really demonstrate anything.
Then what does demonstrate it?
https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-off-app-store-1849757558
https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-privacy-dsid-analytics-personal-data-test-1849807619
Thanks, will look in to it tomorrow !
Edit: we should start a class action lawsuit, this is extremely illegal in the EU
IMO much better. It’s Apple product. You give your data to them anyway while using macOS or iOS so that’s one argument: no need to share your data with anyone else.
Apart of that they have built in tracking blockers and I think they fiddle with cookies because I get logged out from services more frequently than on other browsers that I use for web development.
Wait... Your argument is "it's good for privacy because you sent your telemetry already anyway?
I mean, it is a fair point that if you were worried about Safari's privacy, you should've been worried about MacOS first.
It'd be like being worried about privacy of IE on Windows. The OS is doing everything and more.