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Have you ever inspected Mac traffic? As of Catalina (last I checked), even if you do not connect to iCloud, you have ~10 opaque connections/hour back to Apple -
by beagle3 4y ago
Have you ever inspected Mac traffic? As of Catalina (last I checked), even if you do not connect to iCloud, you have ~10 opaque connections/hour back to Apple - and about ~40 (slightly less opaque) connection if you are logged in to iCloud.
Most of the connections are from the nsurlsessiond demon, for which I have been unable to figure out the actual request url contents. Some of them have to do with update checks, some with notarization checks, who knows what else.
- HeckFeck 4y agoI wonder how it ranks against Windows. But yeah, I accept that's still an issue. While I'll concede that I'd rather have the ability to choose zero, I think iCloud connections are expected if you're actually making use of its services. Perhaps the best compromise is Apple hardware with Linux software. I've considered that if I ever lose patience with Mac OS.