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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 maki

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?