Control System Privacy

Apple states repeatedly that they are committed to keeping their customers’ data private, and they do seem to do a better job than other companies because they’re primarily interested in selling us products—hardware, software, and services—rather than treat us as the product for advertisers or advertising.

However, there are both centralized and scattered settings that let you control on a large scale and in small ways all sorts of data that leaks from your iPhone or iPad to Apple and beyond.

Much of the information iOS/iPadOS captures about you and sends to Apple’s servers is used to ...

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