I completely understand everyone's justified concern about AI integration into the OS. Microsoft and Google seem to be leading but Apple is certainly going to implement something similar at some point.Right but with Advanced Data Protection at least it is encrypted even from Apple. Try getting that guarantee from Google or Microsoft. I guarantee they won't give you that guarantee.
Advanced Data Protection for iCloud
iCloud uses best-in-class security technologies and employs strict policies to protect user data, including end-to-end encryption for 14 data categories such as Health, passwords in iCloud Keychain, and more.support.apple.com
And here is what the EFF thinks about it:
How to Enable Advanced Data Protection on iOS, and Why You Should
Apple has long used end-to-end encryption for some of the information on your iPhone, like passwords or health data, but the company neglected to offer a way to better protect other crucial data, including iCloud backups, until recently. This came after years of a hard fought battle pushing Apple...www.eff.org
And I haven't been paranoid about what Microsoft has done so much to this point. I just didn't use insecure Onedrive at all and disabled all telemetry.
But I think their shift to co-pilot changes that. They aren't admitting what deep (probably kernel-level) changes they are making to accommodate training data accruing to Microsoft. I think they are going to not even come clean about what they are taking as they are "all-in" on co-pilot at this point. So feel free to use it if you want. I am also free to stick with the company that, while staid and somewhat boring, is willing to end-to-end encrypt user data--albeit optionally.
That is a difference in kind.
Basically it would relegate you to some distribution of Linux as long as it doesn't have any AI incorporated in it's code.
So everyone saying I am going to use Apple so it doesn't bother me and essentially anyone using Windows has no idea what they are getting which again is false.
AI is the biggest thing since the discovery of oil. At least that is the expectation that a lot of huge players around the world are betting on. Since it is a global race and corporate race to acquire and implement the best and most useful AI I doubt you will be able to go far from AI in some way.
Any smartphone you are using that is recent within the last year or so already has AI integration and some level of AI has been integrated into iOS and Android for some time now. I don't hear anyone worried about their phones? I would be more worried about something I interact with daily and take it with me everywhere I go than my laptop but that is me.
I am not saying that your concerns or other people's concerns about AI integration and privacy are invalid. I agree that it will be a problem. On top of privacy who is to say what this AI will do. It can use predictive mapping to know what I am probably going to do before I do it. Is there a way that AI could influence my decision making or mood. There is a huge potential for abuse or unscrupulous actions if the AI were programmed in such a way.
What I am saying is that it is a little unfair to pick and choose one vendor and say that you will avoid them because of something all vendors are doing or getting involved with and will be doing. AI in operating systems will need some type of regulation at some point. It is the wild West right now. So you got to just do your best to do what you can to mitigate issues as they arise. At least with a Windows device if I absolutely had to I could wipe the drive and use Linux. Linux distros may incorporate AI but there will be a bunch that don't and that should always be a choice. On Apple devices if Apple goes all in on AI or changes terms of privacy I have no where to go. I can use one or two Linux distros for Macs but they are not as easy to install as a Windows laptop.
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