Re:Apple removes first-party firewall exemption in macOS 11....
by acdha on Thursday January 14, 2021 @09:36AM
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> The screenshot is an example of traffic to Apple unsolicited by the user.
Do you expect a dialog box every time it resolves a hostname? Users want features like Messages which depend on the push notifications service shown, not the details of how it’s implemented.
This is also Exhibit A for where the idea for things like firewall allow lists come from: there are always people who will block something they don’t recognize and then complain about “bugs” after the system does exactly what they requested.
Do you expect a dialog box every time it resolves a hostname? Users want features like Messages which depend on the push notifications service shown, not the details of how it’s implemented.
This is also Exhibit A for where the idea for things like firewall allow lists come from: there are always people who will block something they don’t recognize and then complain about “bugs” after the system does exactly what they requested.