IF YOU USE APPLE CHECK THIS OUT a bit naughty to say the least !!!!!!!!!! Something you should be aware of: If youve upgraded to Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) and youre using the default settings, each time you start typing in Spotlight (to open an application or search for a file on your computer), your local search terms and location are sent to Apple and third parties (including Microsoft). Media Washington Post “Once Yosemite is installed, users searching for files – even on their own hard drives -- have their locations, unique user IDs and search terms automatically sent to the company, keystroke by keystroke.” Forbes “It’s emerged that anyone who uses the Spotlight feature in either Mac OS X Yosemite or iOS 8 will have their location and search data passed to Apple servers.” The Register “Its on by default – did you not read the small print?” Spotlight isnt the only Mac OS X Yosemite feature that unnecessarily phones home; a myriad of system and user processes are sending data to Apple in a default configuration, and we want to fix those, too. Yosemite Phone Home is a collaborative project to identify additional data that collected by Apple and other third parties. This work is powered by Net-Monitor, our open-source toolkit for auditing phone home behavior system-wide. How to restore privacy: Disable Spotlight Suggestions and Bing Web Searches in System Preferences > Spotlight > Search Results. Safari also has a Spotlight Suggestions setting that is separate from Spotlights Spotlight Suggestions. This uses the same mechanism as Spotlight, and if left enabled, Safari will send a copy of all search queries to Apple. Youd be forgiven for thinking that youd already disabled Spotlight Suggestions, but youll also need to uncheck Include Spotlight Suggestions in Safari > Preferences > Search. Alternatively, you can apply the changes automatically using fix-macosx.py. More info: https://fix-macosx/
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:30:15 +0000
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