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Command line automation isn't the issue I'm having, the issue I'm having is being able to download without making an Apple account. Sideloading would be helpfu
by danShumway 6y ago
Command line automation isn't the issue I'm having, the issue I'm having is being able to download without making an Apple account.
Sideloading would be helpful if Mac app store apps were made available as sideloaded apps anywhere. But I'm going to hazard a guess that Wireguard would not be permitted to provide those downloads -- I haven't been able to find a download link anywhere. And I'm seeing conflicting information online about whether or not sideloading even works for some apps unless the Apple IDs are shared between computers.
I suppose that I could try to compile the Wireguard app from source, but for all I know, running XCode will require an account as well.
All of these solutions are less work than manually managing the network interfaces myself. It's just kind of crappy that a privacy-oriented company is forcing me to do so. I shouldn't have to outsmart my Mac to get work done.
- aspenmayer 6y agoThe interplay between iOS/macOS as “secure” operating systems and Wireguard implementations of “secure” networking on the aforementioned platforms really puts proof to the lie, as to what makes for better security outcomes and implementation stories and for whom.