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Re:Use macOS Recovery on a Mac with Apple silicon by gjsman-1000 on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @10:41PM (#25145972)
Yes, but the misunderstanding was that an option like "Permissive Security" wouldn't exist - that you would have no possibility of anything but MacOS. It does exist, but Apple's just not going to help you with that.

Also, to unlock your Mac: 1. `csrutil disable` to disable SIP 2. `sudo spctl --master-disable` to disable Gatekeeper and allow apps from anywhere

And finally, the whole thing about MacOS Spying on every app you opened and bypassing VPNs - turns out, both stories had some fake news to them. It was actually the developer certificate (not the actual app), and Apple has announced they are building a new protocol with more failsafes to prevent a repeat of the previous incidents. As for the "bypassing VPNs," that's actually not true at all. System-wide VPNs still do work in Big Sur, it's just that the API that Little Snitch used for app-specific traffic redirects doesn't work on system apps (although system apps still respect system-wide VPN settings).

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Re:Use macOS Recovery on a Mac with Apple silicon by ctpide on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @11:50PM (#25146346)
Would LittleSnitch now not technically be able to continue using the kernel extensions it relied upon?

> To allow installation of software that uses kernel extensions, select the “Allow user management of kernel extensions from identified developers” checkbox.

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Re:Use macOS Recovery on a Mac with Apple silicon by webmobdev on Thursday November 19, 2020 @03:01AM (#25147224)
> And finally, the whole thing about MacOS Spying

It is spying, even if there is exaggeration and minimising of the facts from both sides. The new macOS cripples all application firewalls to ensure that no Apple service can be prevented from spying on you, even if you don't want to.

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