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dijit
The .plist doesn’t appear malicious, but I wouldn’t ideally be installing random profiles like this from random places.
dfeojm-zlib
How to make your own:

https://www.idropnews.com/how-to/heres-how-to-stop-sharing-y...

It should look something like this (you'll have to remove a bunch of other unnecessary settings from the file to make it look list this):

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
    <plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
     <key>PayloadContent</key>
     <array>
      <dict>
       <key>PayloadDescription</key>
       <string>Configures restrictions</string>
       <key>PayloadDisplayName</key>
       <string>Restrictions</string>
       <key>PayloadIdentifier</key>
       <string>com.apple.applicationaccess.masked</string>
       <key>PayloadType</key>
       <string>com.apple.applicationaccess</string>
       <key>PayloadUUID</key>
       <string>masked</string>
       <key>PayloadVersion</key>
       <integer>1</integer>
       <key>allowSiriServerLogging</key>
       <false/>
      </dict>
     </array>
     <key>PayloadDisplayName</key>
     <string>Prevent Siri from Logging Me</string>
     <key>PayloadIdentifier</key>
     <string>masked</string>
     <key>PayloadRemovalDisallowed</key>
     <false/>
     <key>PayloadType</key>
     <string>Configuration</string>
     <key>PayloadUUID</key>
     <string>masked</string>
     <key>PayloadVersion</key>
     <integer>1</integer>
    </dict>
    </plist>
mikeash
Seems fine. iOS tells you exactly what the profile does and it’s not hard to understand it.
twooclock
Pardon me asking but since this setting is on the client, how one is sure that it is even considered/respected on the server?
dfeojm-zlib
Without subpoenaing Apple, it seems like blind trust to me.
madez
If you have a working iPhone, Googles-Android based device or Windows computer around you, it is blind trust they don't surveil you, unless you permanently monitor and control their communications.
egberts1
Wouldn’t one be able to verify this by placing your own MitM at your own home gateway, no?
thedanbob
The requests still have to go to Apple. The only way to verify if they’re logged or not would be to examine the servers themselves and the software running on them.
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gregoryexe
At Apple: "Ah, another request to not log anything, make sure you log everything."
dawnerd
By disabling this are you hurting the ability for Siri to understand you better? Is there any negative impacts?

Edit: Sorry for asking an important question. Blocking some of the Windows spy junk causes some issues with apps.

taobility
why don't you just disable Siri?
PappaPatat
I for one, ALWAYS had Siri disabled, until some evil genius decided Siri MUST be on, in order for Apple Carplay to work.