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Re:Does Apple really log every app you run? A technical look by WesolyKubeczek on Sunday November 15, 2020 @04:38AM (#25099678)
When you have a good broadband, it gets so easy to assume that internets grow on them trees, latency is negligible, and servers are fast and always up.
Re:Does Apple really log every app you run? A technical look by angry_octet on Sunday November 15, 2020 @05:00AM (#25099797)
Yes it is ridiculous that an internet query is in the path of starting a local app for the first time in X hours. If it has to be done, it could be done in a daily batch for all apps when the connection is idle, and on install. Using bloom filters to check for recent invalidations would be even better.
Re:Does Apple really log every app you run? A technical look by WesolyKubeczek on Sunday November 15, 2020 @06:31AM (#25100337)
How many false positives are possible with bloom filters? In the described use case, you don’t want even one.
Re:Does Apple really log every app you run? A technical look by sneak on Sunday November 15, 2020 @08:41AM (#25101093)
A positive on on the bloom filter is just an indicator that you do the bigger, more expensive (and privacy-reducing) check, like an encrypted OCSP query for that specific certificate. It's not the final verdict, specifically because of the risk of false positives. Bloom filters are a way of making it so that you don't have to do that bigger, privacy-leaking query every time.