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iCloud Was Storing Deleted Safari Browser History for Months, but Apple Fixed the Issue
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I can't say that I'm surprised but I am very disappointed. We'll not get any response from apple short of it being a "bug"
would you say that you..., just..., shatyourself?
. I don't use an iPhone, BUT,... i do however own a mbp 15 and so does my wife. here's the funny bit.... whenever i wanted to look up let's say... inappropriate stuff, i'd do it on my mac and not on my gaming box. This is disappointing indeed 
If you're this worried about Apple seeing your browsing history, you really should be using nothing but a homebrewed BSD distribution. Still embarrassing on Apple's part.
Technology is so freaking shady. No privacy whatsoever.
I can imagine the same lengthy defence/explanation/riposte/excuse if it were Google………...
Too many companies seem to hide behind it was a bug excuse when they're caught hanging on to data they probably shouldn't have. For a company that seems to pride itself on privacy, this is rather disappointing.
disappointing apple
following my gut that this company is no longer the same apple i loved before
following my gut that this company is no longer the same apple i loved before
I have noticed that deleted Safari history re-appears again. Seems like it's time to ditch all iCloud services and cloud services in general. The upside do not outweigh downside, greedy suppliers just can't manage to stay away from or our private information.
You can use macOS and not use Safari.
(For the most part...they make it hard when you use the context menu to Google something, along with a few other former-IE-esque tricks.)Probably harder to avoid on iOS, though I assume third-party browsers don't actually feed into this data despite using the engine. I don't use Safari on the Mac much but notice that it does seem to suggest websites I frequent on my iPad on my desktop.
This is actually disgusting, Apple.
It's pretty clear now that they have made a deal with the government to give them access to everyones private information, quietly.
Anyone ever have a group of deleted photos show up again in the iOS Photos app? Not deleted as in the recently deleted folder, but had been deleted completely for a good amount of time. It's happened to me at least three times. I do use iCloud Photo whatever-the-hell-the-rest-of-the-name-is, but that shouldn't matter.
we can only imagine what other shenanigans Apple is up to with our data. All we have is their word. And if there's only one truth in the world it's that humans are dishonest.
Not to say that's bad. We are what we are, but to assume otherwise is foolish.
The concept of privacy and computer data disappeared a long time ago. Once people realize that personal computers are actually spying devices, the sooner they'll see the light and use them accordingly.
Not to say that's bad. We are what we are, but to assume otherwise is foolish.
The concept of privacy and computer data disappeared a long time ago. Once people realize that personal computers are actually spying devices, the sooner they'll see the light and use them accordingly.
Apple makes sure the doors in the new building have no gaps, but nobody bothers to check that old records were being deleted properly... and yet Tim Cook still wins an award for freedom from spying. Guess he had the most participation points.
Be honest, if this story was about Google, there'd be some very smug Apple fans on here right about now.
For the record, I'm not a Google/Android user, never have been, but end of the day all these big tech companies are as "evil" as one another. Our data, to them, is money.
For the record, I'm not a Google/Android user, never have been, but end of the day all these big tech companies are as "evil" as one another. Our data, to them, is money.
Super sketchy indeed.
[doublepost=1486673905][/doublepost]This whole thing does not help my paranoia...
...But then I wonder if I am paranoid of just being realistic. I don't yet know.
Chrome lets you encrypt the synced data with a separate password so that Google, or anybody who subpoenas Google, never sees your history/tabs. No such feature for iCloud. These days, Apple just talks security without being able to execute on it.