PSA: macOS updates often modify your System Preferences to violate your Privacy • Hacker News Board

Re: PSA: macOS updates often modify your System Preferences to violate your Privacy

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Post by dividead » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 9:19 AM UTC

SheinhardtWigCo wrote: post #40

dkjaudyeqooe wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That would normally be called "hassling" someone. It's annoying but not dishonest.

Normally, yes, but in the context of an operating system nagging to enable invasive voice recognition features every time a minor update is installed, I think “trickery” is an accurate descriptor. It is dishonest to ignore that I already said no and to put a check mark where I previously removed one, particularly when the request is to enable an always-on microphone. Anyone acting this way in real life would be calle…

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Re: PSA: macOS updates often modify your System Preferences to violate your Privacy

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Post by tonyedgecombe » Sat, Mar 13, 2021, 1:33 PM UTC

m463 wrote: post #15

Apple's updates will clear all sorts of things, specific firewall rules was the most egregious in my mind (pf.conf). But allowing incoming connections without a prompt, I think it may be getting worse now. Related, what annoyed me is that 3rd party installers can gather telemetry even before you've installed. The one I recall from a year or two ago was docker. The Docker installer is doing telemetry before you've eve…

But allowing incoming connections without a prompt, I think it may be getting worse now.

Assuming that is what really happened. I've heard so many of these stories about Apple that end up being disproved a few weeks later that I have become extremely sceptical of the claims.

Re: PSA: macOS updates often modify your System Preferences to violate your Privacy

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Post by tonyedgecombe » Sat, Mar 13, 2021, 1:35 PM UTC

gumby wrote: post #22

Alex3917 wrote: post #5

Apple also tries to trick you into enabling Siri every time you install a security update.

I just installed the latest security update and was not asked to enable Siri.

I was although it would be a stretch to say they are trying to trick you into it. It was clear and easy to dismiss, nothing like what Microsoft does to try and get you to use a Microsoft account on Windows.