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> The way Catalina sends the hash of every binary you run to Apple. Wait, what?! What are you referring to here? I just updated to Catalina and I wasn't aware
by swagonomixxx 6y ago
> The way Catalina sends the hash of every binary you run to Apple.
Wait, what?! What are you referring to here? I just updated to Catalina and I wasn't aware of this.
- lou1306 6y agoApp notarization works by hashing binaries and sending said hashes to Apple. Here you go: https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/catalina-executables.html https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/catalina-executables.htm...
- swagonomixxx 6y agoWhat the actual f*ck. Thanks for the link. Looks like I'll need Little Snitch...
- Spivak 6y agoIf you don’t trust your kernel I don’t think some dinky application-layer firewall is going to save you.
- 72deluxe 6y agoLittle Snitch is good but what happens if the kernel can’t get a binary approved to run?? And people complained about Windows 10 telemetry. Last time I run macOS. Time to return to Linux (Pop OS I think)
- m463 6y agoI tried installing little snitch on catalina and it needed a network connection exactly for that. I would like to know how to disable this and install little snitch. Maybe spctl or csrutil?
- tomschlick 6y agoHow is this bad? They are likely sending a SHA-256 hash of the binary, not anything the binary itself to compare it to a bloom filter of known exploits. I'd expect any decent OS malware protection to be doing that.
- tebruno99 6y agoIt was all the rage in news a few weeks ago, and it is true. Apple sends the hash of every script and executable you run as part of its notification process (even command line commands & scripts)