[HN Gopher] Kill Siri (2022)
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       Kill Siri (2022)
        
       Author : lisasays
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2023-06-25 20:41 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | DueDilligence wrote:
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       | microtherion wrote:
       | Note that this advice will also disable speech synthesis under
       | some circumstances (e.g. Maps directions).
        
       | upon_drumhead wrote:
       | While this is great information, I have to wonder why they have
       | the floating thing in the middle of the content that takes you
       | back to the top when clicked. It's really difficult to read while
       | scrolling with it covering most of the content and inverting
       | colors.
        
       | smohare wrote:
       | That site is weirdly unreadable. What's with the stupid
       | background colors and graphic that obscures text?
        
         | EMCymatics wrote:
         | It is fine to read. I like the panache.
        
       | sneak wrote:
       | You can also blacklist guzzoni.apple.com in /etc/hosts and/or dns
       | for a belt and suspenders approach.
        
       | slang800 wrote:
       | This is impressive, but if you care about privacy then why are
       | you using MacOS to begin with? It seems like you could never be
       | completely certain that it is safe.
       | 
       | Rather than starting with a closed system and ripping out the
       | parts that spy on you, why not start with an open system like
       | Linux or OpenBSD?
        
         | Gigachad wrote:
         | I don't think privacy is such a simple scale like this. I
         | actually trust my macbook to be more secure than my Linux
         | desktop. Apple has spent orders of magnitude more securing this
         | device, while my Linux desktop setup is mostly only ensured to
         | be generally working.
         | 
         | If anyone with the smallest amount of skill had physical access
         | to my desktop, they could replace the bootloader with a
         | malicious one and get everything when I next log in. While my
         | macbook is secured against basically everyone but top tier
         | federal agents. If I left my macbook in a hotel room, I can
         | reasonably expect it has not been tampered with.
         | 
         | There doesn't seem to be any real version of SIP on Linux.
         | Basically every program I run requires full access to
         | everything. Flatpak is sort of tightening things up but it
         | still has a long way to go to close all the loose ends.
         | 
         | So while I might have more control over my linux machine, I
         | still trust my macbook more.
        
       | hosteur wrote:
       | Great. Now how do I disable voice control on my iPhone (or
       | whatever this anti feature is called: https://ibb.co/wzy6D3w )
       | 
       | I have never, not even once, used this intentionally. It just
       | keeps interrupting me when I activate it by accident.
        
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