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App Tracking Toggle Disabled?
Is there a reason why the toggle is disabled (meaning grayed out) for me? Just updated to 14.5, in Germany here. -
VPN for Apple Watch?
Howdy, I use ExpressVPN on my Mac, iPhone, and iPad. I don’t have a VPN setup for my Apple Watch. I have the cellular version. Does anyone know if ANY VPN service supports Apple Watch? Is it even possible on Apple Watch? Thanks!- countryside
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- apple watch privacy security vpn
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- Forum: Apple Watch
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Always Launch in Incognito Mode - Iridium, Chrome, Chromium, etc
I wasn't able to find this information anywere for Mac users (a lot of tips for Windows). After a little research, I've found the following solution works to always launch Chromium-based browsers in Incognito Mode. This is useful in a shared environment or where the user doesn't want the browser... -
iPad Documents app by Readdle Privacy
Hi, when you want to connect you PC with Documents, you have to enter a code. I want to know if the connection is private or if Readdle can see the files transfered or even the whole PC and all the files while connected and transfering files. How private is the app and the connection to a PC?- blizzforte
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- app documents files privacy readdle
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- Forum: iOS Apps and Apple Arcade
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No updates from Google since iOS 14.3 Privacy Labels came out
Funny how companies like Google (the ones you know don't respect your privacy) stopped updating their apps weekly like they usually do since iOS started. No more "bug fixes and improvements" BS. I wonder why? 🤔 -
Question about Safari Privacy Preference
If you click on the Manage Website Data button in the Safari Privacy preference, it lists websites that "have stored data that can be used to track your browsing" and gives you an option to remove selected ones or all of them. So I go ahead and remove all of them. Then all I do is go to my home...- mac_in_tosh
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- privacy safari
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- Forum: Mac Apps
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missing / zeroed out IDFA (with ‘Allow Apps to Request to Track’ turned on)
My IDFA is showing up zeroed out (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000), despite having the Allow Apps to Request to Track setting toggled on. I’m running iOS 14.3 (18C65) on my iPhone 12 Pro, though it’s possible I have been affected by the problem ever since I first upgraded from iOS 13 (with... -
Bug: Targeted Ads
It is malfunctioning. I tried it several times. Blank pages and loading circles. Do people really buy more with targeted ads? Do users spend more time and money for online shopping? Does it work? Regards, BLACK BARON Design / Photo / Art / Music- Black Baron
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- privacy targeted ads
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- Forum: macOS Mojave (10.14)
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Instagram Says Apple Removed Limit Ad Tracking?
Apparently, Instagram has changed their privacy settings and alerted me to a message stating “With the latest iOS update, Apple has removed the limit as tracking privacy setting you had turned on for your device.” The message continues to say, “To respect your previous choice, we’re not...- jumpcutking
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- instagram ios privacy tracking
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- Forum: iOS 14
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Advice needed! Different Apple IDs for Macbook / iPhone?
Hello everyone. help and advice needed here. Please excuse me if my question sounds weird :) I’m a public person (actor), working on my iphone a lot (chatting with agent, signing important documents, screenplays/ movie scenarios (I get them via email and am not allowed to share with third...- noah25
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- advice needed apple id icloud iphone macbook privacy securuty
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- Forum: Apple Music, Apple Pay/Card, iCloud, Fitness+
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iPhone 7/Plus are voice memos from (encrypted) backups available as plain / open files on laptop ?? or is the synch process always UN ENCRYPTED ?
Dear all I'm an iPhone lover for all it's safety features I've always encrypted my iPhone backups and done them using iTunes All my apple devices are legit and NO jailbreak etc. all updated to latest OS But today I was in for a small shock when I found my iPhone voice messages (from voice... -
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Best Free GPG for mac book Air. Exact download location & steps please
dear Folks Hello again I have a 2015 Mac-book Air (in addition to iPhone, iPad etc) I'd like to have a basic / bare-bones GPG installed on Mac-book air. The idea is to protect some files and do some basic mailing For example I use GPG 4 win https://gpg4win.org/about.html on my Win 10 machine I'd...- Subu
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- gpg gpg for mac mac book air pgp privacy
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- Forum: MacBook Air
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iPhone Why does clearing safari browser data not wipe history?
If I clear data and search for cookies or history, I get nothing. Yet under storage, it says 123kb for history. This value hasn't changed in years when all other data is cleared. Any ideas what it is? I have no bookmarks or autocomplete settings.- humpbacktwale
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- privacy safari storage
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- Forum: iOS 13
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iOS 14 User Privacy Discussion
What do you guys think about the new Privacy implementation on iOS14? I personally like that apps are forced to be transparent with data they collect and SIWA too. It lets you know which developers are sketchy or collects too much if they remove all social log ins because they didn’t want to...- uniquexoxo
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- ios14 privacy wwdc 2020
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- Forum: iOS 14
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Automatic Screen Capture Freaking Me Out!?
Hey folks! I just discovered a 237GB Quicktime file on my desktop(!) A 49 hour video recording of my screen, which I did not instigate. Not gonna lie...it's kind of freaking me out. Is this just a glitch in the OS, or are less benign forces at work? Thoughts? Suggestions?- Mr. Monsieur
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- privacy safety screen capture
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- Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
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Company Mac, Personal Apple ID
If I log into my personal Apple ID on my company-provided Mac, can they see my iMessages? I assume they can and know that they have the right to monitor what I'm doing on company-provided equipment, I was just curious about visibility of iMessages/texts on the network via the Messaging app; I...- NewInTown
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- privacy
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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iPhone Frequent Locations: is there a way to pull this data in a useful way?
settings-privacy-location services-system services-frequent locations is there a way to pull all of this data to organize it in a significant fashion? I could use the data i.e. to know how many times I'm visiting a customer and how much time I'm spending there, and other stuff… difficult to... -
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iPhone Location Services - What app is using my location? It appears to be none of them.
Please excuse poor use of this forum. I'm having great difficulty finding an answer to my challenge. I have a recently purchased iPhone 11, and my phone is consistently displaying the white arrow notification that my location is being shared - that in itself is not the issue. I'm very diligent...- needsomehelp_idontknow
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- location services privacy
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- Forum: iOS 13
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Article on privacy issues with credit cards includes Apple Card in examples
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/08/26/spy-your-wallet-credit-cards-have-privacy-problem/ "In a privacy experiment, we bought one banana with the new Apple Card — and another with the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa from Chase. Here’s who tracked, mined and shared our data." This is...- mainemini
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- apple card privacy
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- Forum: Apple Music, Apple Pay/Card, iCloud, Fitness+
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Do you own a Talos II?
I believe the PowerPC community needs no introduction regarding the brilliant Talos II, Talos II Lite, Blackbird and the upcoming Condor product lines by Raptor. Knowing these computers being insanely high-performant, cost-competitive, privacy-respecting and completely blob-free (unless we count...- Jubadub
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- ethics freedom future mac performance power privacy
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs