XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   "Horace Algiers" wrote in message   
   news:nruf6a$1r7o$4@gioia.aioe.org...   
   > 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.   
      
   Nope, its disabled by default, troll.   
      
   > 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?   
      
   There is no CARRIER diagnostic collection to disable on current iphones,   
   troll.   
      
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