Re: Apple changed their documentation at my request but it proves they don't care about privacy

Jon Ribbens wrote:
>>> I don¢t understand what you¢re complaining about, exactly. Your wi-fi
>>> network broadcasts its existence to all and sundry, and yet you feel
>>> upset when somebody collects that information and passes it on.
>>
>> I guess it is because the SSID is terminated in _nomap, which is 
>> documented as a flag to Apple and others to not store this SSID in their 
>> maps. But Apple is/was mapping them all the same.
> 
> I got the impression they were claiming that their SSID was hidden,
> which makes it irrelevant as to whether it has "_nomap" at the end
> of it, but that Apple had somehow discovered and logged it nonetheless.
> It seems highly implausible.

Hi Jon,

I appreciate your intelligence as you got everything right tactically.
You even got the fact of how shocking the truth is, correct!

You said what Apple is doing is, to you, "highly implausible".
I would agree, had I not been horrified to find out Apple is doing it!

The fact Apple is doing it shocked me, which is what started this quest.
At that time, Apple said nothing about whether they're doing it.

But I have letters from Apple lawyers saying they will document it.
And they did.

So... 

It's not only not "highly implausible", but Apple now *says* they do it!
 <https://support.apple.com/en-ie/102515>

That documentation, which I have in my email records dated months before it
was documented, from Apple lawyers, saying that they'd document it, makes
it pretty plausible after all.

The fact Apple documents it, when they didn't document it when I first
brought this to their attention (and to that of the newsgrops), is pretty
good evidence that it's not only NOT "highly implausible" but shockingly
true.

The fact it's true is the shocking part.
Is it not?
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