2011-12, improved cameras, Siri, and iCloud (cloud-synced data)
In March 2013, Apple filed a patent for an augmented reality (AR) system that can identify objects in a live video stream.
Purposeful Restrictions
How I got my stuff off cloud (HARD)
how i deleted my icloud account (TEDIOUS)
how i fixed my phone (ANNOYING)
very hard to physically remove spyware (mic is attached to headphone jack)
biometrics (law enforcemtn can legally ask you to open device with; not with passwords.)
Explanation of Their Bad Deeds
Apple Products Suck!
Despyware
Controversies
Sweatshop workers
Dodging taxes (ireland)
Deleting ALL of people’s music (itunes is and has always been spyware. and is always on people’s computers.)
Apple works with the NSA
Joins prism in 2012
How it steals data
forcing you to use an account and denanonymze you (name, number, address bank info, sin card in america)
forcing you into the ecosystem for “compatibility”, and making it super hard to leave (as evidenced by my experience)
Lockdown app shows that an iphone is always connecting to the icloud, even when its turned off in settings.) pic?
Phone Privacy
phone security guide:
Macs: Encrypt your data during setup! (or use Veracrypt)
editing photos
When uploading photos, you will get the original (unedited) and edited version when backing up. which means the faces will still be there. so screenshot the edited one and delete the old, or be wary of photographing people’s faces
Alternatives
Phone - one with custom rom (Graphene, Calyx), or none
Laptop - GNU/Linux, BSD
Shazam - enjoy the moment
Clouds - mega, or none
Video editing- oneshot (add more)
Music editing- FL Studio (replace with Lin ones)
Instruments (NOT GarageBand)- learn to play!
More
Corona tracking
often locations
safari does not allow ogg video format, a free, open source codec, according to w3schools.com.
still proprietary
forced updates
planned obscolesence, now actually convincing people they care about priv. (fb debacle)
