Shame they sell “Default search engine” as a product instead of making own search engine.
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iOS 14.5 Beta Directs 'Safe Browsing' Traffic in Safari Through Apple Server Instead of Google to Protect Personal User Data
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Wish they wrote Safari for windows again. Would be the perfect platform.
That's a whole other ironic debate.
They only care about your web privacy if you buy their computer. On PC, meh use Edge, Firefox, or Chrome, your privacy is SOL. Of course, it's about money at the end of the day, let's get real. They're a corporation still.
Which is dumb because if you are using Safari on PC then odds are incredibly high that you DO own an iOS product, just not a Mac.
And it probably takes more time to develop/maintan iCloud for PC and the various browser extensions (like new passwords) than simply maintain Safari on PC all in one application.
It all just doesn't make a ton of sense with the Safari issue.
Thumbs down my comment, but this is the same company after all who CLAIMS they removed the charger for "the environment" when it's really money savings. To sell you the charger or Magsafe in more packaging.
Or remove the courage port to sell you Airpods.
But yes let's blindly trust them "because Apple pwomises."
They lie too, sorry to break the reality news.
DNS requests are different Google would still have your IP from the safe browsing request now Apple will act as a proxy between you and google so your IP is not exposed. I would also switch to 1.1.1.2 for malware/phishing protection or check out www.nextdns.io if you want privacy and protection.
Only one choice if sales to China are to be made. Nothing to do with US sales or our rights. Their country their rules.
That depends on the terms under which Google makes that database available, doesn't it?
It’s only stealing if Google’s terms of service, or some law, doesn’t allow it.
If I buy a book and let my friends read it, is that stealing?
Apple is very clear and detailed about how they protect privacy and it is a major selling point for them. There is no reason to lump them in with others.
Just like the fact that one didn’t murder anyone today is a great way to gain trust until one begins one’s serial killing spree?
My understanding is that your computer downloads a list with shortened URLs that are suspicious, the complete list would be too large. Then your Safari browser checks every url against the list, and if it is suspicious _then_ the exact url is looked up. Of course now Apple does the looking up for you. They will get sooo many spam emails!!!
Yes, apologies. You only download the prefix set at first.
Yup. If the prefix matches, the detail set for that prefix is loaded.
My understanding is that, even then, you never fetch for one particular URL, but a range (all URLs matching a hash prefix).
So, in simplified terms: regardless of your browsing behavior, Safari will keep up-to-date an index of, shall we say, the letters A to Z. Then, if you fetch a URL with letter P, and haven't recently done so, Safari will ask for the detailed index of all URLs matching P. But, unlike with letters, because cryptographic hashing is used, those URLs actually have nothing to do with each other, so it'd be near-impossible to reverse-engineer from that query which URL you were actually looking for.
I believe most people use the default "Google" their browser has setup.
For some reason I find it hard to take a search engine named DuckDuckGo seriously. It may be a perfectly good search engine, but the childish name that sounds like a joke does not inspire confidence.
what do you think people thought when the name Google appeared?
You mean like Apple hiring people to listen to your Siri inquiries? That was supposed to be "privacy-focused" hence why it trails the rest of the assistants?
Let's not pretend Apple = Jesus here. They have a much better stance than most, like Google or Facebook, but not infallible sainthood.
Equally, doing the right thing doesn't mean they can't do wrong tomorrow. They've done plenty of wrong as a company- butterfly keyboards, you're holding it wrong, bendgate, battery & throttling, etc etc etc. And worse, they STILL won't admit being wrong after any/all of that. That is the worst part of Apple- that they will never admit a mistake; that smugness they have as a company culture.
No one should get the benefit of the doubt frankly when their sole goal of existing is to make as much $$$$ off people as possible. Loyalty to any company is a frankly ridiculous concept.
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I’m usually an ardent Apple supporter, and I do love their products. However, I am under no illusions they are trustworthy or do anything for my benefit without a monetary benefit for them first. You don’t get to be worth over $1 Trillion by being a virtuous altruistic company.Thumbs down my comment, but this is the same company after all who CLAIMS they removed the charger for "the environment" when it's really money savings. To sell you the charger or Magsafe in more packaging.
Or remove the courage port to sell you Airpods.
But yes let's blindly trust them "because Apple pwomises."
With that said, they do seem to be more about my privacy than most other tech giants, and being in their ecosystem offers a ton of benefits for myself and family, as well as my closest friends who are all Apple as well. AirDrop, FaceTime, iMessage, Apple Music, etc, are all really nice to have alongside others with those same services. And the steps they are taking environmentally are real tangible positives (and no I’m not talking about the charging block).
Google and Bing equally sound daft, Bing is the worst in my opinion.