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You can't opt out of Apple's own keylogger (appleinsider.com)
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every App Store search is logged letter-by-letter, with millisecond timestamps. Apple can compute your typing speed.

every search you type, timed to the millisecond, stored to your account

https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/06/17/apples-app-store-search-data-stores-every-single-keystroke

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[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

That’s, like, a search box logger? Not a “key logger.” Seems like a title that could easily be more precise and still attract eyeballs.

Edit: oh, it’s OP editorializing.