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Why do you call it data collection? It's simply ensuring the firmware (which is really part of the hardware--though nothing's "hard" until you get down to the
by cpr 9y ago
Why do you call it data collection?
It's simply ensuring the firmware (which is really part of the hardware--though nothing's "hard" until you get down to the microcode interpreter on the CPU) hasn't been altered.
The only "data" collected is: Has this Mac been compromised?
- burnte 9y agoIt's being called data collection to be alarmist. It's the same thing as the iTerm bug last week. There's a genuine issue that is blown out of proportion by the network-Temperence movement. I agree that this should be an opt-in or at least opt-out thing, collecting anonymous checksums to start to watch for EFI vulnerabilities is a little different form sending Apple your DNA profile to be sold on the human clone black market.