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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by hungryforcodes on Thursday November 12, 2020 @10:49PM (#25078628)
No, I don’t think you should just dismiss the privacy issue. It seems every time I launch an app, MacOS tells Apple. That’s also a REAL problem — and I guess I won’t be buying a Mac again unless the feature can be turned off.
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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by lukeholder on Thursday November 12, 2020 @11:27PM (#25078871)
Not every time, just the first time an untrusted app wants to run. And there is no information in it but a hash.
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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by jb1991 on Friday November 13, 2020 @03:00AM (#25080099)
Not in this case. This particular thread is about any app that was not an Apple app having problems launching, regardless of how many times have been launched before. It has revealed that actually every opening of any application phones home.
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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by hackerfromthefu on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:55AM (#25079364)
Apple has the db of apps matching the hash.

What you said is like saying nothing except a social security number is used to identify you, as if that wasn't linked to the rest of the info about you.

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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by tshaddox on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:52AM (#25079344)
I’m not dismissing it, just pointing out that it’s completely ancillary to a bug that causes programs to crash.
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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by hungryforcodes on Friday November 13, 2020 @09:00AM (#25082167)
I like this piece to summarize situation:

https://sneak.berlin/20201112/your-computer-isnt-yours/

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