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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by strgcmc on Friday November 13, 2020 @11:03AM (#25083630)
You should know that Windows includes a similar feature (to call home and report file hashes and the user's IP for example) called SmartScreen, and with default settings it also triggers on every single application launch in the OS.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SmartScreen#Windows

(also I should know, I worked on a tiny part of this feature in IE9 and Windows 8)

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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by peternicky on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:19PM (#25084646)
Thanks for the reminder. I prefer that I can disable SmartScreen easily instead of making little snitch rules on macos.
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