I think it's smart to be concerned and smart to make your own decisions about what you're comfortable with. For what it's worth: Mac OS doesn't phone home on e

I think it's smart to be concerned and smart to make your own decisions about what you're comfortable with. For what it's worth: Mac OS doesn't phone home on every app open. The result is cached on your computer for a few days[1]; this behavior was lightly confirmed by an independent researcher[2]. I don't think the caching really addresses the core concern. Apple has promised to provide an opt-out sometime in the next year[3], which is a superior fix. I personally will be keeping an eye on that committment. [1] https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment-reference-ios/preparing-your-infrastructure-apdda9e027d2/web https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment-reference-ios/pre... [2] https://blog.jacopo.io/en/post/apple-ocsp/ https://blog.jacopo.io/en/post/apple-ocsp/ [3] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491