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Title: Apple says Yosemite’s Spotlight Suggestions don’t violate your privacy Post by: HCK on October 23, 2014, 03:00:19 am Apple says Yosemite’s Spotlight Suggestions don’t violate your privacy
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Apple’s Spotlight feature got a tune-up for OS X Yosemite and iOS 8. The search function now scours the Internet as well as your hard drive when you type queries into the Spotlight bar (with a little help from Bing). But privacy watchdogs accused Apple (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2836572/apples-yosemite-os-shares-spotlight-search-terms-by-default.html) on Monday of being a little too helpful by automatically collecting your location data (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/10/20/apples-mac-computers-can-automatically-collect-your-location-information/) and search terms and sharing that data with Bing.</p><p>Apple’s response: That’s not exactly how Spotlight works.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2836300/apple-says-yosemite-s-spotlight-suggestions-don-t-violate-your-privacy.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple says Yosemite’s Spotlight Suggestions don’t violate your privacy (http://www.macworld.com/article/2836300/apple-says-yosemite-s-spotlight-suggestions-don-t-violate-your-privacy.html#tk.rss_all) |