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Following the recent furore over a Microsoft application that regularly checked in with the company, Apple users have discovered, to their concern, that Mac OS X is doing much the same thing.

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Apparently it dont send back any data.
But still, I think that it sucks. It should not connect *anywhere* without informing the user and getting consent todo so.

Apple, Microsoft, etc needs to respect users and give them choice and not assume that "if they dont know, its okay".