JC (yes, the Ungenius guy) at Mac Geekery has used some UNIX tricks to do some digging into the whole 'Dashboard phoning home' topic that's been heating up the Mac web lately. After all is said and done and JC lays out exactly what is ha ening, he concludes that not only is Mac OS X 10.4.7 not sending any personal data (which we've already been told), but you actually give A le more data about yourself simply by visiting A le.com. Here's hoping those worried about A le trampling their privacy can sleep a little better at night.
Sunday, 15 October 2006
Mac Geekery debunks Dashboard 'phoning home'
JC (yes, the Ungenius guy) at Mac Geekery has used some UNIX tricks to do some digging into the whole 'Dashboard phoning home' topic that's been heating up the Mac web lately. After all is said and done and JC lays out exactly what is ha ening, he concludes that not only is Mac OS X 10.4.7 not sending any personal data (which we've already been told), but you actually give A le more data about yourself simply by visiting A le.com. Here's hoping those worried about A le trampling their privacy can sleep a little better at night.
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