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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[-] verifytheposter@leminal.space 1 points 2 days ago

Is there solid proof that it is used globally? Have technology experts conducted any research on it, or is verification simply impossible because they cannot inspect the code?

this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2026

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