Are the "Carrier settings update" as invasive as it sounds?

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Are the "Carrier settings update" as invasive as it sounds?

I keep getting the prompt to update "carrier settings" and even though I cancel, it comes back. I read the page dealing with it on the Apple support, but it seems to say Apple wants to collect information about me, my use and possibly content from my carrier. I'm not ok with that. Am I getting it wrong? If I'm right, can they legally make it mandatory for me to download? Can I turn it off somehow without downloading it?

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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Jan 28, 2015 8:05 AM

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Rudegar

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Jan 28, 2015 8:31 AM in response to Mrstew12

never heard of such an update before

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Jan 28, 2015 8:35 AM in response to Rudegar

TY, I started getting it 3 days ago and had never seen it before either. This is all they have to say about it.

iOS: Updating your carrier settings - Apple Support

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wegras

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Jan 28, 2015 8:38 AM in response to Mrstew12

"Update carrier settings" is your Carrier attempting to update the data set used by the iPhone to connect correctly to your chosen carrier

Nothing invasive what so ever and quite normal esp if Carrier has been making changes to their infrastructure

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Jan 28, 2015 8:41 AM in response to wegras

TY! That is good to hear.

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roaminggnome

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Jan 28, 2015 8:44 AM in response to Mrstew12

As provided, these updates are normal.

Nothing unusual or invasive about these.

There is no reason not to do these updates.

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pogster

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Jan 28, 2015 9:39 AM in response to Mrstew12

.

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Mrstew12 Author

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Jan 28, 2015 2:13 PM in response to pogster

Peter Gillespie's answer solved this for me as well, but I hit the "This helped me" tab 1st and could not undo. Thank you to "roaminggnome" as well for backing up Peter's statement for me.

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pogster

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Jan 28, 2015 6:07 PM in response to Mrstew12

No problem.

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wegras

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Jan 29, 2015 7:00 AM in response to Mrstew12

😉 Glad you're sorted

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