But at the same time, They are surveillance houses that track what applications you are installing, when you run them, where you run them and these operations bypass whatever VPN you have.
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I am aware of these rumours, but can only believe when I see it. My VPN runs on the router level and will check with Pi Hole if there is unrequested communication towards Apple.
For now I am not even logged in with an Apple ID, can use brew and nix without it.
Wasn't a rumor, but maybe outdated info in hindsight.
https://thehackernews.com/2021/01/apple-removes-macos-feature-that.html