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Mac OS X 10.10 privacy issue
Apple latest computer operating system which is known as Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite,send user's location and search queries without their knowledge to Apple's remote server by default via Spotlight Search feature.

Apple has fixed a huge number of vulnerabilities  in OS X and iTunes and now its is being hit with privacy issues in its latest OS X version.

Apple decided to enable hard drive encryption by default,despite the FBI request not to do so.Apple is putting itself its user's privacy on risk.Apple collects data using Spotlight and will be forwarded to Bing search engine,Apple admits in its terms of service.

Apple collected this info to improve Spotlight searches only.If user don't want their data to be collected user can turn off Spotlight preferences and Bing web searches in System Preferences.To disable Spotlight Suggestions and Bing Web Preferences go to System Preferences > Spotlight > Search Results.

Safari also has a Spotlight Suggestions settings.Safari will also send a copy of all search queries to Apple remote servers.To disable Spotlight Suggestions in Safari go to  Safari > Preferences > Search .

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