So, I think we're all aware that phones collect a lot of data and are basically surveillance devices at this point. What do we know about surveillance in Windows and especially Apple Macintosh OS?
I know already about Windows shoving OneDrive down your throat, and snapshotting your screen every 3 seconds, and having a GUID checking in all the time online.
What's Apple up to? My son wants to know because he's being asked to use Macs at school and is concerned.
#infosec
Daniel Lakeland
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