Apple turns on ‘Discoverable by Others.’ Should you worry?

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PUBLIC DEFENDER By Brian Livingston The blogosphere has been going nuts lately after learning that Apple quietly turned on by default an iPhone settin
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* Apple and Google on a joint ‘Discoverable (tags) by Others’ venture

https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/googles-new-find-my-device-after-apples-find-my/

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I’m not finding “Prefer Suggestions with Others” in my settings>privacy and security. Can you direct me where to find it? Thanks for all your great info

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Settings\Privacy & Security\Journaling Suggestions\Discoverable by Others

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I had to dig a bit, because certain sliders were grayed out, however I had missed the highlighted print at the top saying you can turn ALL preferences to OFF, so I tapped that and OFF they are.

Maybe it is just me, but I find the journal concept uninteresting.  I live life and find no need to record or notate it for an uninterested others or posterity.

Kudos to Apple for the off switches.

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Another tiny step in the slide towards the hive mind? No thanks.

Win10 Pro x64 22H2, Win10 Home 22H2, Linux Mint + a cat with 'tortitude'.

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