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> This applies to all sorts of things. Even electronic things — if I put some files on a USB stick I expect them to be "mine" and used as I please, not uploaded
by hmcq6 2y ago
> This applies to all sorts of things. Even electronic things — if I put some files on a USB stick I expect them to be "mine" and used as I please, not uploaded to the cloud behind my back, or similar.
Every app you open on Mac sends a "ping" to Apples servers.
https://acecilia.medium.com/apple-is-sending-a-request-to-their-servers-for-every-piece-of-software-you-run-on-your-mac-b0bb509eee65#:~:text=Yes%2C%20as%20you%20read%20it,app%2Fexecutable%20will%20be%20frozen https://acecilia.medium.com/apple-is-sending-a-request-to-th....
- oneeyedpigeon 2y ago> I have done some preliminary tests: with a script (a small program) that standalone runs in 0.4 seconds, the extra network requests that Apple performs are taking that number to 6 seconds in average, and in some cases when my wifi is slow, 70 seconds. I just do not believe that. It sounds like a bug in a beta release. I'm sure I would have noticed if every ls I run took 6 seconds, and I'm sure many others would have too. Heck, I've used a Mac with the network turned off and it sure doesn't just refuse to run everything.
- hmcq6 2y ago10.15.7 doesn't sound like a beta to me https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/406246/all-applications-cannot-open-unless-internet-is-off https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/406246/all-applica... or https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25074959 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25074959 But that's all kinda besides the point. Companies invading users privacy is pretty common, you just need to look