IOS 18 is available

[SDHNTR]

It's meaningless in terms of privacy protection, but vague enough that it gives them full latitude to do whatever the hell they want with your data to make more money.

Yeah, but what’s that mean? What do they want to do with my data?

 

[Reburn]

Yeah, but what’s that mean? What do they want to do with my data?

What ever they want.
Monetizing you is the most popular way to make money with the least amount of work.
If there is any money to be made someone will figure it out.

 

[SDHNTR]

I’m still not getting any answers. Just vague supposition.

 

[Reburn]

I’m still not getting any answers. Just vague supposition.

Do you know what a data broker is?
Do you how you're being bucketed and sold?
From nearly every company you have an account with.
Companies dont readily disclose who and how they sell your info.
The privacy policy has ensured they dont have to tell you.
I dont know how or if onx sells your data. Apple for sure does monitize your data.

 

[Loo.wii]

"Messages via satellite is available in the U.S. and Canada. It's free for two years after the activation of an iPhone 14 or later (all models)."

And after?

Better prepare yourself for a good ole apple price gouging

 

[180ls1]

Better prepare yourself for a good ole apple price gouging

Yup.

That said, I welcome the competition in the market.

 

[tdhanses]

Yeah, but what’s that mean? What do they want to do with my data?

I would say they do what most companies do, sell it to advertisers that are looking for a demographic based off what you do, i don’t think they are selling waypoints for elk and deer hunters.

 

[wapitibob]

I’m still not getting any answers. Just vague supposition.

They aren’t doing anything with any of your personal data.

 

[swavescatter]

key word: individual

They are aggregating and anonymizing. So if you're dropping blood tracks or posting "big bull" on waypoints, those are easily aggregated by OnX. Pretty amazing what even amateur data scientists can do with lots of data. It would be easy to filter out successful hunters from Texans.

 

[Reburn]

It would be easy to filter out successful hunters from Texans.

 

[Ross]

Tried it out yesterday and worked real slick with the Mrs. Will keep the zoleo for packer help as not everyone will have this option with their phone. It also was much quicker than my zoleo.

 

[ARK_Ginger]

It’s been working great for me in Colorado. Only used the inreach for weather forecast

 

[Loo.wii]

It’s been working great for me in Colorado. Only used the inreach for weather forecast

If they integrate weather this would be gold.
I asked my buddy to text me the noaa weather alerts

 

[Thinkingman]

Thanks for the actual information regarding the IOS18 sat texting.
As for the rest of the conspiracy theorists, please take it somewhere else.

 

[swavescatter]

Thanks for the actual information regarding the IOS18 sat texting.
As for the rest of the conspiracy theorists, please take it somewhere else.

I'll do what I want, where I want.

 

[BBob]

I'll do what I want, where I want.

 

[swavescatter]

Gotta live up to the reputation. I call it a "grindset".

 

[Billy Goat]

Do yall realize that your vehicle manufacturer is selling your information?

Everytime your phone connects to your vehicle (if you use that) it's logging, capturing, and sending information on what you are doing, mostly to insurance companies I believe.


That might not be personal data per se, but a collection of data that you are part of the data base.

 

[swavescatter]

Absolutely. Everything with a modem is selling your data. I don't care if apple sells my intimate photos for ML training, but I do feel uneasy about my honey holes being scraped. That's over the line.

 

[fwafwow]

Absolutely. Everything with a modem is selling your data. I don't care if apple sells my intimate photos for ML training, but I do feel uneasy about my honey holes being scraped. That's over the line.

The good news is that I think any pictures of your honey holes are safe! I think Apple proposed some sort of ability to scan iCloud pictures to find and report CSAM, but I think that was abandoned.