Apple gift wrapped the behavioral profile they've had on you since iOS 12, put a bow on it, and called it Personalized Collections. The opt-out exists, but it's buried 4 menus deep in settings.

https://blog.ppb1701.com/same-surveillance-shinier-bow

#apple #appstore #privacy #bigtech #userhostile #surveillance #wwdc #ios #blog

"Even if you do care about this, you also need to find the slider. On all devices, the slider is in Settings (System Settings on the Mac), and the Appearance section."

Apple Insider: Don't get excited for big Liquid Glass changes in macOS 27, because they aren't there https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/06/09/dont-get-excited-for-big-liquid-glass-changes-in-macos-27-because-they-arent-there @appleinsider @WGallagher #Apple

Microsoft, posted yesterday: AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/06/08/ai-brands-as-bait-how-threat-actors-are-using-the-ai-hype-in-social-engineering/ #Microsoft #infosec #threatresearch #ChatGPT #Claude #Windows #DeepSeek

The Nintendo Direct had some great announcements, both for the Switch 2 and for PC/#SteamDeck!

Here are all of the announcements from the show:

https://steamdeckhq.com/news/nintendo-direct-june-2026-summary/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

@ppb1701 The damage is done. The data that has been fed to the AI models can't be reclaimed, no matter how many times you sue. Worse, it comes out of the other end looking like it's totally legitimate and machine-owned. I'd like to believe that the downsides we're seeing are reversible, but I don't see any evidence of that right now.

@AAKL Nope, it's out there, being refed into models as training, possibly marketing out again. the Genie's out of that bottle.

@AAKL yep and I think they are slowly dropping some of the mask since to do one you can't very well completely protect privacy. You might could limit some things but data has to go over and it will be slurped at some point.

@ppb1701 It's going to be very hard to honor the privacy promises when the entire system is based on AI, which depends on data to survive. That data has to come from somewhere, and Apple by default collects users' data for its own use and research, though some of that can be turned off. You can be sure any other company's extension that you use will do the same AI companies have forced everybody to train their models simply by using them (and you're also being charged for it through the nose.)

@AAKL I'm actually working on another post that correlates to the whole privacy thing with Apple. so fun times! But unfortunately they seem to be moving to act more like other bigtech. They just tend to gift wrap it better.

@ppb1701 Yeah, right.

@ppb1701 And the answer is that Apple's "AI" right now is a cruel joke, because there isn't one, at least not a functional one. Apple will use all of these other companies' products to improve it.

@AAKL "Privacy. That's iPhone.*"

"*See Terms of Service for how far Privacy goes and what is actually covered."

@ppb1701 Apple is providing the hardware for these models, maybe even the chips. It's a good place to be. But that invites too many strangers to the ecosystem, and many of then aren't trustworthy. I'd like to believe Apple's claims to privacy will survive, but that looks increasingly questionable.

@AAKL mostly I think they gave up on having their own ai. Sure they will cover the basics oh like set a timer, write an email, etc that touch their apps and people's data. But I think they tried to get what they hyped (and every other big company in ai has hyped) out and discovered it was harder and way more expensive to do....so they are outsourcing for that expanded functionality.

@ppb1701 As long as you can opt out of this nonesense. The writing was on the wall when Apple started making deals with the other AI companies because its own AI was having problems performing.

@AAKL oh that's the other question. the extensions for it. How much are they going to be allowed to do? Will it route part thru local and apple servers then to the extensions? Straight to the extensions ai? Partially to extension with something being handled by google anyway that are blocked off but trying to look seamless?

@robertphuff If I do it will be later in the summer/early fall once most of the bugs and performance are more stable. I try to avoid the early betas usually anyway., a couple years ago I jumped in at one and it kept doing a random glitch with texts coming from non iphones while we were working with a realtor. My wife was not that amused I had messeges not showing up or showing up days later for a couple of weeks 🤣

@ppb1701 What routs to Google Cloud? Siri AI? Or everything?

@AAKL simpler requests process on device, slightly more complicated go to apples servers, and the most complicated or demanding head off to google. However, they haven't specified examples of what would go where. Just that's how the new Siri should work. That said, some of that division also depends on your phone as the ones with less onboard memory can't do as much...which is basically regular 17 and below.

@jimmylittle yeah I posted about it a while back, it was expected to run Google. And yes it's the dev conference. Doesn't mean a chunk of folks wont go run out and download it anyway. I wouldn't recommend it til at least mid way thru beta cycle or more for stability, but some will go for it on their main device. I am annoyed my watch is getting removed from support....but I actually am not that interested in using Apple Intelligence. Not against testing it, but 🤷‍♂️.