How Apple's Spotlight API exposes undocumented interaction data for every search result it serves to over a billion devices When an iPhone user types a query into Spotlight, Apple's servers return ranked results spanning web pages, apps, maps, news, knowledge graph entities, and stock data. Alongside each web result, the
  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
    213·
    2 days ago

    If you leave it on by default, yeah.

    Go through your settings, people. One-by-one.

      • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        2 days ago

        While I agree in principle, the user must understand that all web searches (in general, not just in this case) are going to be tracked unless explicit steps are taken.

        Spotlight searching the web is stupid, though.

  • scytale@piefed.zipEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    Yeah I just set up a new Mac Mini today and turned off anything that isn’t local in Spotlight’s search settings.

  • mannycalavera@feddit.ukEnglish
    44·
    2 days ago

    People were fucking deluded to think Apple doesn’t sell your data. And all it took was a Magsafe port 😂