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  • When I hear a discussion among peers about Apple AI and security I remind them of this:

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38783112

    Apple's reputation of being highly secure was shattered by Operation Triangulation. This complex back door allowed the hacker the ability to utilize the on-device AI to sift through data.

    by canada_dry
  • Is it possible to block Apple Intelligence from sending data over the Internet via Little Snitch? I would assume it is, but I'm not sure if anything significant has changed in macOS 27 that makes this impossible now. I don't really mind the local features - I'd rather they stay disabled, but it's not the end of the world - but I really don't want any data leaving my Mac.
    by parable
  • Apple, we want one global killswitch and a way to free disk space occupied by unused models.
    by wartywhoa23
  • This applies to MacOS 26.

    On iOS 27, it looks like changing the settings for eight different apps taking 5 or 6 steps each.

    https://archive.ph/AE72I#selection-712.0-731.53

    Original: https://www.ithinkdiff.com/how-to-turn-off-apple-intelligenc...

    by k310
  • The thing that's weird about Apple's "Intelligence" features is how dumb they are. I messaged one of my kids yesterday that the pizza I made was ready and that I was out in the backyard with our dogs. Genmoji (or whatever it's called) then decided to suggest that I make a new Emoji with pizzas in a yard.

    It's great that they're on device and all, but how incredibly stupid.

    by strictnein
  • Clearly, nobody at Apple is thinking globally about this stuff.

    If you have kids, "Screen Time" is a reasonable enough name for the place where parental controls live.

    If you work under the assumption that AI features are OK in general, but potentially problematic around kids in particular, parental controls are a reasonable enough place to put these AI controls.

    If you're not a parent, and have broader concerns about AI, you'd never even think of looking for these options where they are.

    by pdpi
  • I would never have figured out the toggle for writing tools is in `Settings -> Screen Time -> Content & Privacy Restrictions -> Siri -> Writing Assistance`
    by zzyzxd
  • I want the disk space taken from the models back.

    I will never touch this garbage and would rather use the disk space I purchased to be used for my purposes, not the industry's pointless fad bubble endeavors.

    by VCFundedGenYer

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