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macOS unable to open any non-Apple application
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Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application
#422A compelling way to enact change at large corporates is to vocally communicate when and why you are forced back into a buying position as a customer. Apple VPs who are listening, especially Craig Federighi - here is an early warning for you. The HN crowd may seem fringe, but they are living in the future. I de-Googled my entire life over similar transgressions by Google and several of my friends are gradually going t…
The Dell XPS range is probably the closest available currently.
Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application
#423Maybe it's just me but the idea that my computer lets Apple (+ any LE organizations) surveil my app launches seems so much scarier than any malware.
Why is it scary that your computer checks for malware? It’s not like Apple us building a database of apps you’ve launched linked to your address and social security number.
Well it would be pretty good information to have to do analysis against.
You could easily see knowing how often an app is used on an OS to be useful business information if apple wanted to create software to get into a trend before it gets to big.
Of course that doesn't require fine grained time data just daily would be more than good enough.
However you could also see the business use of knowing if two pieces of software are often used together or sequentialy which could inform creating an all in one/integrated experience that would do well in a market. So you need that finer application timing.
Of course that doesn't require tying it to a particular user account,not even a device ID, just a sessionID that changes each time the device restarts would probably be granular enough.
However since we've got that other stuff in place per device wouldn't it be great to see if there's a correlation between people using an app on there Mac and using it or another App on there iphone, ipad, or watch. What piece of data can we include to match up a user across all their devices? Maybe some kind of obfuscated or derived userID.
Of course you'd hope that other interests such as a commitment to privacy would rule out the use of such a dataset. If Apple did have such a dataset then you'd hope they'd be doing whatever processes (social, business, and technical) it can to obfuscate and seperate how that dataset is tied to a specific user.
The only real argument against Apple not having it is the balance between the cost of creating/exploiting such a data set, the expected profit, and the legal and reputational costs of such behaviour.
Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application
#424Earlier quoted context omitted.
Welcome to 2020. Because we can't have nice things, Apple has to check that apps are signed with a current certificate for safety and security reasons. OCSP tells the client if the certificate has been revoked or not. Try opening a non-https web page; you'll get a bunch of ominous warnings from all major browsers. Browser certificates need to be OSCP signed for the browser to trust them. You can't even get a new cert…
This used to be true, but neither Chrome nor Firefox actually check CRLs or OCSP that much. They'll accept OCSP-stapling, but that's about it. This is a very serious concern for Enterprise PKI systems: revoking certificates is now virtually impossible. CRLs and OCSP do practically nothing. Google especially has unilaterally decided that Enterprise PKI systems don't matter. They have established a new "standard" calle…
This is all true; OCSP-stapling is the thing these days.
But these browsers won't trust a cert if it can't be found a Certificate Transparency log. Yes, a cert should be in at least two of them but if there's a networking problem or infrastructure issue, you're SOL.
Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application
#425Sincerely and without any intention to troll or be sarcastic: I'm puzzled that people are willing buy a computer/OS where (apparently) software can/will fail to launch if some central company server goes down. Maybe I'm just getting this wrong, because I can honestly not quite wrap my head around this. This is such a big no-go, from a systems design point of view. Even beyond unintentional glitches at Apple, just ima…
The amount of time you save by having a computer that "just works" 99%+ of the time is far greater than the occasional time lost by shit like this.
I'd love it if someone other than Apple made a competent PC that was as clean, reliable, and comparatively free of bullshit. Unfortunately Apple has a monopoly on cleanly designed computers.
Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application
#426Most people trade their freedom for more convenience, but we don't think how we put all our eggs in one basket that we don't control at all. All Apple users are at the mercy of a megacorp. Better don't offend someone online, your Mac may be cancelled...
This is a series of cliches strung together.
Yes, overused statements; but all true nevertheless.
Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application
#427Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's just sad that we don't have the corresponding form factor in a similar laptop. The biggest draw of mac: 1. slim, light 2. long battery life. 3. track pad. That's all I want, but nobody else offers it on the same spec, the difference is even bigger with M1.
What's wrong with a Thinkpad?
trackpad mostly. It just doesn't compare.
Otherwise they're mostly the same, until M1.
Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application
#428Add ocsp.apple.com to your Pi-Hole blocklist if you have one and the issue goes away. You can also add this to your /etc/hosts file: 0.0.0.0 ocsp.apple.com
Insta-add to pi-hole. Interesting though, that in my query log I don't actually see my machine trying to hit this domain when I open apps.
Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application
#429Earlier quoted context omitted.
Welcome to 2020. Because we can't have nice things, Apple has to check that apps are signed with a current certificate for safety and security reasons. OCSP tells the client if the certificate has been revoked or not. Try opening a non-https web page; you'll get a bunch of ominous warnings from all major browsers. Browser certificates need to be OSCP signed for the browser to trust them. You can't even get a new cert…
This used to be true, but neither Chrome nor Firefox actually check CRLs or OCSP that much. They'll accept OCSP-stapling, but that's about it. This is a very serious concern for Enterprise PKI systems: revoking certificates is now virtually impossible. CRLs and OCSP do practically nothing. Google especially has unilaterally decided that Enterprise PKI systems don't matter. They have established a new "standard" calle…
Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application
#430Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I'm puzzled that people are willing buy a computer/OS where (apparently) software can/will fail to launch if some central company server goes down. Maybe I'm just getting this wrong, because I can honestly not quite wrap my head around this. This is such a big no-go, from a systems design point of view. The answer is pretty simple: these problems are extremely rare, they don't last very long, and they tend to have…
It's even simpler than people not caring, people don't know.
Exactly. Today was the first day when I knew this was possible. If I had been buying a computer a month ago, this would not have been a factor in my calculations whatsoever, because I didn't know it was even a possibility to consider.
A month from now? Different story.