Why is your iPhone secretly TRACKING everything you do?

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  • @LironSegev
    @LironSegev  3 дні тому +7

    What should I test next?

    • @c.b.fiskekatten4214
      @c.b.fiskekatten4214 3 дні тому +3

      Hi Liron... Could you please make a video about installingen Pi-hole? and what will require... Anyway thank you for all your videos. So Let's Go! ;o)

    • @jimcabezola3051
      @jimcabezola3051 3 дні тому

      This video was OUTSTANDING and SPECIFIC as to what apps are watching us!
      You know...I never thought about my tablets (which is what I use far more than my mobile phones) benefiting from my PiHole! My system is better than I thought.
      From THIS video...I'm relieved that I stopped even using Facebook apps, and I never used any Amazon apps.
      I'm glad I'm NOT fun or interesting, so I have no difficulty leaving my mobile phones at home. That probably helps me, too.
      However...
      One thing I've always wanted someone to test was this: when a person turns off "Find My iPhone" or "Find My Device" or that kind of thing...does the phone/tablet/whatever ACTUALLY STOP pinging the Apple or Android "Find MY..." BLE mesh networks?
      We all know that these networks receive pings via BLE without even needing wi-fi or a cell connection. It sounds like "they" always "know" where are devices are and what they're doing.
      Is there a way for anyone to hear and identify one's OWN BLE signal from one's OWN device to find out whether it's on or not?
      This, as you know better than I, sounds like a very difficult thing to actually do. I have no idea how to do it. So...this is a BIG "ask." Perhaps you know resources and whom to ask about this.
      Meanwhile...you, your audience and I continue to stuff devices we aren't actively using into Faraday bags for our peace of mind.
      Mahalo for a really thought-provoking video! Much aloha to you.

    • @phylnn
      @phylnn 3 дні тому +4

      Would be nice to see a review of GrapheneOS and tracking compared it to Android and iPhone.

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому +2

      I was thinking of that too and seeing how GrapheneOS works...
      To install Pi-Hole can be complicated if you are not familiar with Linux or Docker, which is why I haven't done it. It can get complicated quickly, but I do see tutorials on UA-cam which you can follow.

    • @jimcabezola3051
      @jimcabezola3051 3 дні тому +1

      @@phylnn As a Pixel 6a user running GrapheneOS, I thoroughly second your motion! An excellent suggestion!

  • @robcarley7506
    @robcarley7506 3 дні тому +25

    I use browsers for UA-cam and Facebook, the apps are basically spyware and riddled with ads.

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому +10

      true - just dont forget that as I said, even with websites you are still tracked

    • @InterpolatedGaming
      @InterpolatedGaming 3 дні тому

      ​@@LironSegevNot if you use a VPN + a FireFox Browser Fork (Floorp/WaterFox), uBlock Origin Dev version and Privacy Badger.

  • @LionRoars918
    @LionRoars918 3 дні тому +31

    Not surprised in the least. Great video.

  • @jordon_
    @jordon_ День тому +5

    dismissing notifications syncs to mac/other ecosystem things, a lot of the connections are probably relating to that

  • @ImagineMySurprise510
    @ImagineMySurprise510 3 дні тому +7

    The bottom line is that as long as you use a phone that requires a login account that identifies you to work you will have no privacy on your phone. This applies to both Android and Apple. It doesn't matter what 'privacy' stuff that Android or Apple say they have on their phones, your identity and usage is NOT PRIVATE FROM THEM. They'll hide your activities from third parties, but not from themselves. The only way out of this is to use a phone that works without a personally identified account - which has your real name, address, date of birth. This is impossible to do on an Apple phone - Apple phones can't work without an account. Privacy can be done on some Android phones if you get one that has an OS that is based on the Android Open Source Project, which has no personal account and no Google tracking software and no Google aps, so you can preserve your privacy from being personally identified. There are some OS that are based on ASOP, such as Lineage OS and Graphene OS.

  • @docholliday1811
    @docholliday1811 3 дні тому +15

    You are awesome. Thank you for your hard work and much appreciated information. Great video.

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому +3

      Appreciate you being here 🔥

  • @wejoin
    @wejoin 3 дні тому +9

    Thank you, Liron! I appreciate your content and your explanations are clear and concise, so helpful to a non-techy grandma 😊

  • @karunasagarprusty9526
    @karunasagarprusty9526 3 дні тому +11

    You should try with the files app of the iPhone.
    I have heard in macs your interactions with the finder app also sent to apple.

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому +1

      I don't have a Mac so I couldnt test that

    • @BusyMEOW
      @BusyMEOW 3 дні тому

      @@karunasagarprusty9526
      I remember when we were allowed the explore the hidden .face folder in Android..
      They were just a list of random file numbers until you renamed them with either a .jpg or .png extension at the end, then you could see how Android was collecting face data..
      (Even a magazine cover with a face on it from the background of a photo was included.) True stuff.. We aren't allowed to explore that folder anymore as it requires Root permission now. 🙂

    • @BusyMEOW
      @BusyMEOW 3 дні тому +1

      @@LironSegev Hi Liron, not sure if you covered the hidden .face folder we used to be able to access on Android in my reply below..? 🙂
      Anyways thanks for bringing all this stuff to the public, knowing is a continual quest. 😊

    • @tatooinemoor
      @tatooinemoor 2 дні тому

      no panic - most of Apple‘s (Finder, etc) and third-party app‘s connections to Apple Inc.‘s servers are icloud-related app sync or e.g. location-based services or messaging (e.g. web api updates by phone sensors and/or internet servers, for instance, a mail server update announcing new incoming mail…) We live in modern times, and though the sheer volume of connections via dns only might be shocking for end-users, it definitely isn‘t for developers. Social media and e-commerce apps are also very telemetry-heavy, to which you gave legal consent when accepting their respective usage terms… let alone those from Apple various device OS‘s. It‘s ‚conditio sine qua non‘ - means mobile sevices are simply not happening without its precondition.

  • @karunasagarprusty9526
    @karunasagarprusty9526 3 дні тому +7

    I was waiting for iPhone edition of that video.

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому +1

      you asked for it and here it is 😜

  • @BrandonBava
    @BrandonBava 3 дні тому +8

    These videos are great when it comes to information as well should be on the news ie main stream media so people can protect themselves more so the ones who are not tech savy.

  • @shanehen
    @shanehen 22 години тому

    I own Little Snitch on Mac, and it does protect against many garbage connections. But a lot of things it tries to block actually disrupt the Mac's normal operation.

  • @HeraldKros
    @HeraldKros 2 дні тому

    A really good thing to do, is to setup Pi-Hole on a Raspberry Pi (any RP works) and connect it via an Ethernet cable to your home router.
    Then setup PiVPN on that very RP and connect your devices to that PiVPN via WireGuard.
    Now you have just built your own ad blocker and self-hosted VPN. If you go outside, even on a different country, your device's IP will always show as if you are still at home, thus taking advantage of the Pi-Hole's ad blocking capabilities even outside your home network.

  • @SuntaX10
    @SuntaX10 3 дні тому +4

    Sergey can u make videos on how to do pihole?

  • @roachxyz
    @roachxyz 3 дні тому +3

    That is why I quickly got rid of it but I do have a Droid Edge.

  • @nikolatochev7590
    @nikolatochev7590 17 годин тому

    Domain connections are also shown on privacy settings page on the settings app.

  • @atlas080
    @atlas080 День тому

    I wonder if the strange Settings tracking 9:35 has anything to do with handoff? I think it said it uses your iCloud account, so you can pick up where you left off, on other Apple devices. if you turn handoff off, does it stop?

  • @Upsidedownfoodpyramid
    @Upsidedownfoodpyramid 3 дні тому +2

    What was your setting for app cross talk?

    • @Upsidedownfoodpyramid
      @Upsidedownfoodpyramid 3 дні тому +2

      Another question is, what if you create safari web apps to connect to Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, etc. Does this help?

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому +1

      only looked at DNS and if you use a web browser to log into anything, you are still being tracked via the browser (but it will have less info than with a fully installed app)

  • @macbitz
    @macbitz 3 дні тому +2

    So seems almost all the connections an iPhone makes (without 3rd party apps installed) are to Apple websites (for providing services etc.). From setting up a new iPhone I guess you can turn off things like analytics, personalised ads, etc. to reduce this traffic?

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому +3

      these are only DNS queries - why would Apple need to know when you swipe away notification? What would they need to know when you go into a setting? Yes of course some are to provide the service . But on a brand new setup with nothing installed there is no reason for so many queries to be made so often.

  • @mintoo2cool
    @mintoo2cool 22 години тому

    apple tracks notification information because they eventually make suggestions to their users whether they should move the notification to ‘scheduled notification’ to avoid distractions if an app is sending a lot of notifications and the user is simply dismissing them all the time … I have ADHD and personally find this suggestion really helpful because notifications overwhelm me sometimes and I forget that I can set them to be shown to me only at a time on my choosing. So, I actually really appreciate this feature from Apple. And it’s the little quality of life things like these that keep me with Apple.
    it’s kind of similar to gmail suggesting you to unsubscribe from an email newsletter if you tend to never open and read them.

  • @stevechapman7025
    @stevechapman7025 3 дні тому +5

    Thank You!

  • @mac23806
    @mac23806 2 дні тому +2

    The amount of people that don't know this is shocking people have been saying this for years

  • @bibhabkumarlodh3901
    @bibhabkumarlodh3901 3 дні тому +2

    Sir, you got a new sub from India. Excellent content and absolutely mind boggling information apart from any tech videos. Kudos Sir

  • @michaelhooper4179
    @michaelhooper4179 2 дні тому

    In the Settings and Privacy and Security section of the iPhone there is a Transparency Report section. I am curious if Apple’s report matches up with the data you are seeing from your RaspberryPi.

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  День тому

      That’s a great question. I will look into that...

  • @DeeDee-a29L
    @DeeDee-a29L 3 дні тому

    Watching you're videos always puts us on the right track. I feel that whenever we are dealing with the internet. Privacy is out of our hands. Yes, we can do some things that can help keep our information safe. But it's still not enough. Your videos are so much appreciated. Thank you for sharing.

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  2 дні тому

      thank you for watching - yes to some degree we have no control, but can try do what we can to retain what we can :)

  • @rezaulkarim7703
    @rezaulkarim7703 3 години тому

    9:29 Just going through the Settings page and the iPhone triggering network requests:
    Maybe the "Send usage and diagnostics "being turned on Apple is tracking user usage pattern and how long they stay on which part of the OS. Just a theory!

  • @tatooinemoor
    @tatooinemoor 2 дні тому

    Nice Video, Liron! It just shows how complex mobile data comm is on IP network level 3, 4, 5 in a mobile OS like iOS, Android.

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  День тому

      only scratching the surface....these were ONLY DNS

  • @mikecarr1484
    @mikecarr1484 2 дні тому +1

    So which phone would you use sir?.
    I have both . Iphone and android. Pixel or samsung. Or iphone. Great video .a response would be awesome.

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  День тому

      I only use the Pixel 9 Pro as my main phone. I obviously have others for testing

  • @peterozug8728
    @peterozug8728 2 дні тому +1

    When I dismiss a notification on my phone, it is then dismissed on my computer. Could this be the reason?

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  2 дні тому

      Could be and good thinking. But that doesn't explain why when you just go into your settings on your phone it communicates with Apple. That doesn't sync with anything...

  • @terryschima4964
    @terryschima4964 3 дні тому

    Good one, Liron.

  • @BorisZX6R
    @BorisZX6R 7 годин тому

    On Android you can set up adguard dns under private DNS. No need for VPN

  • @FirstLast-is9xe
    @FirstLast-is9xe 6 годин тому

    You need to disable several anti tracking features, as the iPhone will otherwise partly ignore DNS and go some Apple ways instead!

  • @LDNsurrey
    @LDNsurrey 2 дні тому

    Excellent video, great investigation.The spurious data is for R&D, it’s not monetised or shared. The manufacturers have done this for years. The social media apps suck as much personal data as legally possible. So many UA-camrs say turn off manufacturers settings but they are using the data to develop your next dream handset.

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  День тому

      there no question that they need data to make the apps work and of course to analyze behavior and usage etc. But there is an overreach of just how much is tracked. I am not aware of any audits done to ensure that this data remains internal but I suppose they just point to the Terms and Conditions and I am sure its in there that we agree to let them use the data...

  • @07wrxtr1
    @07wrxtr1 19 годин тому

    Makes me wonder if we didn’t have all these phones - would the people working in big tech be professional stalkers for a living?
    Maybe they should get over their parents divorce and or mommy & daddy issues

  • @trustgp4340
    @trustgp4340 17 годин тому +1

    Sorry about that. I missed part no sim card.

  • @JEFD0589
    @JEFD0589 3 дні тому +2

    Do graphene os next on that pixel 😅

  • @mintoo2cool
    @mintoo2cool 23 години тому

    A lot of these connections are for caching information from the services (like itunes, music, news, stocks, findmy, icloud, appstore etc), to provide a ‘snappy’ user-experience.
    Others are to sync information from icloud like (your other devices(like your other iphones, watches, airpods, homepods, macs, macbooks, ipads that you’re logged in with your icloud) contacts, photos, calendar, reminders, notes, saved maps favorite locations, saved maps favorite routes, settings, files etc).
    Finally there is some telemetry data (splunk-nec) for apple to know how they’re doing with their sync and to detect service degradation issues on their end and to figure out if you’re a customer with slower internet connection or fast internet connection. This is tracked because Apple does a staggered auto-updates (if auto-updates are enabled) and this helps them determine what the best day and time would be to push an update to your phone.

  • @NandoMB49
    @NandoMB49 День тому

    What blocklist are you using ?

  • @Platoface
    @Platoface День тому

    I run a squid server and Proton vpn. I also run in UniFi network environment so I can see on one pane of glass. Great video. Thank you.

  • @royajunique
    @royajunique 2 дні тому +5

    If every settings on an iphone is linked with trigging some particular connection then how easy is it for Apple to get a full picture of how we used our phone. How convenient. 😮 Great video as always.

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  2 дні тому +2

      I was kinda horrified so I ran that multiple times on various days randomly to make and it did trigger. I have no way to verify if this is what they are doing but it certainly is strange....
      And of course thanks for watching 🔥

  • @SynK-R
    @SynK-R 2 дні тому

    Thank You Liron. I suspected phones will always find ways to track no matter what apps or sites are being used. At the moment you are correct that VPN's is the only tool we can use to block tracking apps and sites and even Hidden tracking codes behind a photo, Link, audio file. Im sure that will be a video you will be covering one day. Its absolutely terrible that these companies track us all. There is not one ounce of privacy anymore. I wonder if those companies are being tracked?

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  День тому

      yeah - its tough to balance real privacy and convenience in a tech world

  • @Recoiler45
    @Recoiler45 3 дні тому +1

    What happens if you just disable iCloud? That seems to be the crux of it.

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому +1

      Not sure you can. You can disable backup but not sure you can remove yourself from their entire system. I could be wrong.

  • @trustgp4340
    @trustgp4340 3 дні тому +1

    Awesome! could that be the sim card

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому

      not sure what you mean by SIM card - there was no sim card as I said, only a data connection via the wifi.

  • @mikejaques4702
    @mikejaques4702 День тому

    Great video, you are tech doctor.

  • @Abadii87
    @Abadii87 3 дні тому

    How about Protonvpn ?

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому +1

      while a vpn will help shield some of the tracking, its not going to stop apps from communicating with their servers - it will just encrypt that data

  • @tommymandel
    @tommymandel День тому

    to be HONEST, most of them on your screen of the log were to GOOGLE, weren't they?

  • @jree8239
    @jree8239 2 дні тому

    Funny how we pay for these devices that give away our data. They should be paying me to use the device.
    All this data traffic uses MY data that I PAY for.
    Great video!

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  День тому

      we also have to acknowledge that many of us use systems for "free" which costs billions of dollars to run, so as a trade-off "we are the product"

    • @jree8239
      @jree8239 День тому

      @LironSegev veru true, just wish there was an option where I am not the product.

  • @gabakusa
    @gabakusa День тому

    try to do the same but with mikrotik

  • @RobertYonng
    @RobertYonng 3 дні тому +1

    No tic tok for me. 😉😂🤣

  • @dave_n8pu
    @dave_n8pu 3 дні тому

    Thank you

  • @mikekelly702
    @mikekelly702 День тому

    Some of Apples servers are in China. Think about THAT for a minute. 😂

  • @tonynes3577
    @tonynes3577 3 дні тому +1

    So who looks at these connections? Does it matter? A government computer, CIA, etc? In any case, Big Brother, knows who you are, where you are and what you are doing (on your computer).

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому +1

      like I said, not worried about the FBI - I explained how this can be used by developers

  • @BusyMEOW
    @BusyMEOW 3 дні тому +4

    I think most of those connections are for data analysis, telling Apple, Google and partner companies how you operate your device to build up trends of user behaviour. 🙂

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому +6

      they are overreaching - why should they know that you go into the setting menu? Also remember these are only DNS, so other connections that are made (for analysis) that dont use DNS but direct IP connections are not shown. Also, should they be allowed deeply analyze how you operate your device? Yes, there is value for Apple, but what do they do with that data? For eg: how comfortable are you knowing that Apple knows you are driving at 50Mph and swiped away your notification? maybe you are fine with it, but what if they sell that to your insurance company and then you have an accident. They use this data not to pay you. How comfortable are you now with this info being sold?

    • @BusyMEOW
      @BusyMEOW 3 дні тому +2

      @LironSegev They've definately gone too far.

  • @budprepper3811
    @budprepper3811 3 дні тому +2

    I just went poop, did it track me? 😅

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому +3

      probably

    • @tatooinemoor
      @tatooinemoor 2 дні тому

      yes, including the micro-jitters of your bowel movement via the accelerometer, and its data being recognized as such …

  • @paarker
    @paarker День тому

    All you messages go via the apple or google notification system. They know everything about you.

  • @UncleFrank-zw5ys
    @UncleFrank-zw5ys 3 дні тому

    What about a de De Googled phone there is a guy on UA-cam that uses one and he also sells them

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому

      got a link to that?

    • @charlesbutler8057
      @charlesbutler8057 3 дні тому

      Rob Braxman Tech (on you tube)

    • @UncleFrank-zw5ys
      @UncleFrank-zw5ys 3 дні тому

      @LironSegev the UA-cam channel name is Rob Braxman Tech

    • @UncleFrank-zw5ys
      @UncleFrank-zw5ys 2 дні тому

      ​@LironSegev I think UA-cam is blocking my reply because I replied but I don't see it so I will need to find a way to reply to you what do you suggest I do

  • @vinniedixon1140
    @vinniedixon1140 3 дні тому

    What about other phones? I don't and never will use an iPhone

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому +1

      Here is the link to the Android phone video: ua-cam.com/video/sWY2pqUXdts/v-deo.htmlsi=SIRz4UUXIveJbBVY

  • @AimeeSchwartz-l2c
    @AimeeSchwartz-l2c 2 дні тому

    Thanks for the breakdown! Just a quick off-topic question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?

  • @jasonoldy69
    @jasonoldy69 3 дні тому

    reupload?

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому

      Yup. Audio issues apparently. See community tab where I explain it

  • @ronodowd5724
    @ronodowd5724 3 дні тому

    I have nord

  • @CedroCron
    @CedroCron 3 дні тому

    You'f love to know what your mobile carrier tracks about your usage patterns. I'd trust Apple with my data versus a lot of other companies out there. There is no escaping telemetry and tracking today unless you turn your devices off and leave them unplugged. Also get some tin-foil for a hat and find a big rock to live under. WHO CARES. And by the way you are using Google for your DNS on unencrypted port 53? Really? ... And you are concerned about Apple? Bahahahahaha ...

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому

      Where does one begin...
      Yes your carrier tracks a lot of telemetry at a transport level vs their main focus being at the app level m
      Not sure what DNS you are talking about since this literally is my own DNS being pi-hole. I removed the default one as you saw. So no idea WTF you are on about.
      And again, the question is why should Apple or any company get any data for something you do on the device?
      The usual response is tin foil hat and who cares. Ok l. But what if your device logs that you watched social media while the car was driving at 50mph and then had an accident. And what if that data was sold to the insurance company. And what if they used that to refuse to pay you?
      Oh that never happens right? Actually is did and does. Loads of cases where this data was used as supporting evidence.
      But please go on and tell me how this doesn't matter and privacy is dead and the usual blah blah.
      K bye

    • @CedroCron
      @CedroCron 3 дні тому

      @@LironSegev If you look on the right side of your video where the request is going it's going out unencrypted port 53 to Google DNS. K Bye!

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому

      @CedroCron that is after it leaves pi-hole. The point of this video was just to show the DNS entries made by the phone. I don't care about the end destination which is why pi-hole isn't set up. This wasn't a video showing how to secure your DNS traffic

  • @TheTitaniumSkull
    @TheTitaniumSkull 3 дні тому

    And you skip the part about apple ecosystem, that is half of the apple queries. Are all queries legit?, No. But at the same time you are not researching all the queries and that is somewhat misleading on the numbers. I enjoyed some of your videos, But become disinterested when it is only a snippet of the whole picture.

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому +2

      It's simple; why should Apple get anything when you swipe away a notification on your phone just because you are part of their ecosystem? I don't care what ecosystem you are in, there is zero reason for anything you do on the device that doesn't impact anything on the Apple side and yet it still connects to it. You don't think that's a problem? You don't think that companies are overreaching by knowing what everything you do?

  • @albyboy4278
    @albyboy4278 3 дні тому

    Now Appol fanboy's know that Iphone is worse than Android when it comes to spying 😄

    • @LironSegev
      @LironSegev  3 дні тому +1

      they are both pretty bad IMHO

  • @1618yt
    @1618yt 3 дні тому

    Daang this is worse than android 😅

  • @MainframeSupertasker
    @MainframeSupertasker День тому

    apple fanboys crying hard