Apple Responds to iTunes Spying Allegations 385
daveschroeder writes "According to MacWorld and BoingBoing: 'An Apple spokesman (reliable word has it that it was Steve Jobs himself) told MacWorld that Apple discards the personal information that the iTunes Ministore transmits to Apple while you use iTunes. [...] Apple tells us that the information is not actually being collected. The data sent is used to update the MiniStore and then discarded.' Apple also has a knowledge base article, which apparently was available the day iTunes 6.0.2 was introduced, explaining the MiniStore behavior and how to disable it: 'iTunes sends data about the song selected in your library to the iTunes Music Store to provide relevant recommendations. When the MiniStore is hidden, this data is not sent to the iTunes Music Store.'" The discussion about this topic was fast and furious yesterday.
Steve always tells the truth.... (Score:3, Funny)
"We will NOT be releasing a video iPod"........
Re:If the word was reliable... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:This is just fud (Score:1, Funny)
Re:not actually being collected (Score:5, Funny)
Folks post-9/11 America cannot expect due process or privacy. Danger lurks in the shadows and casting a blinding light down the alleys of American pop culture is the only way to find this enemy.
hoping for a sequel (Score:3, Funny)
And today you were hoping they would be 2 Fast 2 Furious?
A sort of commentary sequel, if you will? Hmmmm?
Re:This is just fud (Score:2, Funny)
But you are, in essence, walking into the store humming that tune, and the clerk says "hey, we've got some other stuff by those guys."
Re:If the word was reliable... (Score:3, Funny)
Because the Macworld reporter did not store the information, only used it to make recommendations about the MiniStore.