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Maybe that's not what they want though. Maybe they just want to use their computer without a constant connection to all of their other devices and servers

notimetorelax 8y ago
Ugh, the use of they/their is very confusing in your last sentence. You refer to OP and to Apple using the same “their”.
- tialaramex 8y ago
  It's possible this was snark, e.g. suggesting that a Mac really belongs to Apple and you're just paying them money to let them put it in your home where it can snoop on you. But in the spirit of good faith, let me assume not and just annotate your parent's they/ their use: Maybe that's not what [netwanderer3] want though. Maybe [netwanderer3] just want to use [netwanderer3] computer without a constant connection to all of [netwanderer3] other devices and servers English has some plural and possessive agreement rules that make this sound like faux caveman speak, let's fix those: Maybe that's not what [netwanderer3] wants though. Maybe [netwanderer3] just wants to use [netwanderer3]'s computer without a constant connection to all of [netwanderer3]'s other devices and servers
- ChrisRR 8y ago
  Sorry, I was referring to the commmenter, not to Apple
kmlx 8y ago
fair enough. but there are countless other phones and operating systems to choose from. there's even corded dumb phones one could use.
- teh_klev 8y ago
  OP: This is not on iPhone but on a MBP They weren't referring to their phone, but being able to, quite reasonably, have control over what their MacBook is making outbound connections to. > there's even corded dumb phones one could use. That's a somewhat facetious and unnecessary remark. And you know, not everyone has a POTS landline these days.
  - kmlx 8y ago
    > ...but being able to ... have control over what their MacBook is making outbound connections to. non-issue? simply block out the ports? https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203609 https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203609 i dispute the assumption that people don't have control over their computers. there are literally millions of things anyone of us can do about every aspect of their computer. > That's a somewhat facetious and unnecessary remark. You're right and I apologise.
    - saghm 8y ago
      > non-issue? simply block out the ports? From the top-level comment: > the process even circumvented around my firewall protection to make sure it could communicate back to their data center It seems like either this doesn't work or the firewall was configured incorrectly. Obviously we have know way of knowing for sure what happened in this case, but have you verified yourself that blocking the ports actually works for this?

notimetorelax 8y ago

Ugh, the use of they/their is very confusing in your last sentence. You refer to OP and to Apple using the same “their”.

tialaramex 8y ago
It's possible this was snark, e.g. suggesting that a Mac really belongs to Apple and you're just paying them money to let them put it in your home where it can snoop on you. But in the spirit of good faith, let me assume not and just annotate your parent's they/ their use: Maybe that's not what [netwanderer3] want though. Maybe [netwanderer3] just want to use [netwanderer3] computer without a constant connection to all of [netwanderer3] other devices and servers English has some plural and possessive agreement rules that make this sound like faux caveman speak, let's fix those: Maybe that's not what [netwanderer3] wants though. Maybe [netwanderer3] just wants to use [netwanderer3]'s computer without a constant connection to all of [netwanderer3]'s other devices and servers
ChrisRR 8y ago
Sorry, I was referring to the commmenter, not to Apple

kmlx 8y ago

fair enough. but there are countless other phones and operating systems to choose from. there's even corded dumb phones one could use.

teh_klev 8y ago
OP: This is not on iPhone but on a MBP They weren't referring to their phone, but being able to, quite reasonably, have control over what their MacBook is making outbound connections to. > there's even corded dumb phones one could use. That's a somewhat facetious and unnecessary remark. And you know, not everyone has a POTS landline these days.
- kmlx 8y ago
  > ...but being able to ... have control over what their MacBook is making outbound connections to. non-issue? simply block out the ports? https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203609 https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203609 i dispute the assumption that people don't have control over their computers. there are literally millions of things anyone of us can do about every aspect of their computer. > That's a somewhat facetious and unnecessary remark. You're right and I apologise.
  - saghm 8y ago
    > non-issue? simply block out the ports? From the top-level comment: > the process even circumvented around my firewall protection to make sure it could communicate back to their data center It seems like either this doesn't work or the firewall was configured incorrectly. Obviously we have know way of knowing for sure what happened in this case, but have you verified yourself that blocking the ports actually works for this?