Apple confirms its new Differential Privacy feature will be opt-in only.

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Source : idownloadblog. 

Apple > differential privacy is opt in.

"iOS 10 and macOS Sierra tap into an interesting technology, called Differential Privacy, which makes possible data collection from a large number of users without compromising individual user’s security and privacy. Re/code has now learned from Apple that Differential Privacy will be opt-in only, meaning privacy-minded folks won’t be required to use the feature unless they specifically want to."

My Thoughts. 

I'm all for being able to choose what occurs on my devices. Privacy being one. 👍🏻

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Source : idownloadblog 

Differential Privacy Overview.

Excerpt from the link. 

"Making Apple services even smarter and more personalized entails processing troves of information because intelligence is driven by big data. The fact that iOS 9’s proactive features don’t tap into the cloud has served Apple well thus far. But since Google Assistant came to light, people have been wondering if Apple can compete without resorting to raw data collection Google is infamous for."