XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: horace@horacealgiers.com   
      
   On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 07:53:12 -0700, Savageduck wrote:   
      
   > Wih my iPhones on Verizon it is simple enought to go to   
   > "Settings->"Privacy"(scroll to the bottom)->"Diagnostics & Usage" there   
   > you find that it is Apple, not Verizon requesting the data. You have   
   > the options to "Send Automatically" or "Don't Send". You are free to   
   > choose whichever you want.   
      
   Thank you for that information about disabling the diagnostics sending by   
   Apple on a Verizon iPhone.   
      
   It seems there are *multiple* places where stock Android/iOS phones send   
   "diagnostic" information to the mother ship, which I propose that we should   
   all know about.   
      
   In this case, there are two categories of mother ships:   
   - The platform (e.g., Apple & Google)   
   - The carriers (e.g., Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, etc.)   
      
   > At the bottom of that settings window you will find the current status   
   > and a tap selection to view the currently accumulated "Diagnostics &   
   > Usage Data".   
      
   That's nice that you can actually *see* the data that will be sent back to   
   the mother ship (in your case, back to Apple).   
      
   That's akin to my turning off Google diagnostics, which is pretty easy to   
   turn off - but you have to *know* where the settings are, since they're   
   scattered all about.   
      
   That's why I opened *separate* threads on turning off the various   
   diagnostics mechanisms.   
      
   I think I've disabled the T-mobile diagnostic software, for example.   
   Do you think that you've disabled the Verizon diagnostic collection?   
      
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