# Your Mac Isn't Yours - worse, it spies on you and sends it home unencrypted

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/your-mac-isnt-yours-worse-it-spies-on-you-and-sends-it-home-unencrypted/4033>\
**Category:** macOS Chat/Discussions\
**Tags:** apple, big-sur, macos, macs, privacy, mac-privacy\
**Created:** [13 November 2020 22:20 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/your-mac-isnt-yours-worse-it-spies-on-you-and-sends-it-home-unencrypted/4033 "2020-11-13T22:20:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [14 November 2020 20:20 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/your-mac-isnt-yours-worse-it-spies-on-you-and-sends-it-home-unencrypted/4033/13 "2020-11-14T20:20:06Z")

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> [@Exadra37](#):
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> Not even VPNs can be used safely, Apple even bypasses them. What a ball move from them and total disregard by their customers.

You could configure a VPN on the router I suppose - though that’s not really going to help any data making it’s way to them.

> [@Exadra37](#):
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> No, Apple will never fix it, NEVER, instead they will doing more to lock you to them while don’t caring about what you say or by the matter to your privacy.

If it hurts their reputation, which goes on to impact sales, then I think it will. Profit is what drives most of these companies - we saw that when they abandoned pro users - they eventually came through with some nice products! Let’s hope the same thing happens here 😃

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