Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu on macOS Big Sur

Re:Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu ... by solatic on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @12:36PM (#24839419)

> Is the world better or worse due to this change?

This is the false shortcut behind any attempt to weaken security. Security makes access harder, therefore let's weaken security to improve access.

The fact is that weakening security also makes malicious behavior easier and/or more likely. Changes like this are bad particularly because Apple users pay for a protected walled garden.

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Re:Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu ... by m463 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @01:55PM (#24840403)

What this will do is allow apple to decide what goes in and out of the machine.

It's pretty clear what they think - they allow basically any app to access the network on ios.

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Re:Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu ... by spockz on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @02:22AM (#24845238)

Local network access is a separate permission since iOS 14. I’m not sure whether that is for scanning or multicast only (e.g. finding devices such as Chromecast) or complete access to anything other that the gateway and dns servers.

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