@sneak I've honestly lost track of how many times people have linked Jacopo's blog post to me after I made a video about yours without bothering to read your reply

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@BrodieOnLinux It's a big jump from "app launches transmit telemetry event data via unencrypted OCSP" and "everything you do on your mac can basically be seen on the network". App launches, while a big privacy leak, aren't "everything you do on your mac". Please don't be hyperbolic and stick to the facts. You do us all a disservice when you sensationalize.

@sneak @BrodieOnLinux to be fair, the verb do can be interpreted in such a way.

For example if you said "tell me everything you did yesterday" and i answered "i went to the store, i went to work, i made dinner, i cleaned the apartment" this is a fair enough answer, and has about the granularity of transmitting app launches. It does describe what you do, so, I'd say it's perhaps not hyperbolic as much as an ambiguous choice of wording. But far from unreasonable.

@fluffy @BrodieOnLinux "everything you do on your mac" strongly suggests content, not just metadata. it's clickbait fearmongering, and it *harms our efforts* to accurately publish the facts, because it reduces the overall credibility of the reporting on the matter, making it easier to summarily dismiss.

BE ACCURATE OR STFU

@sneak "Your Computer Isn't Yours" please take your own advice before offering it to others.

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