Re:Apple removes first-party firewall exemption in macOS 11....
by user-the-name on Friday January 15, 2021 @09:11PM
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First, that is "software signed with a new Developer ID". You can just not sign software and it does not need to be notarised.
Second, notarisation is not an "approval". It is a malware scan.
The only thing that requires notarisation, which, again, is not "approval", is kernel extensions.
Re:Apple removes first-party firewall exemption in macOS 11....
by oauea on Saturday January 16, 2021 @07:15PM
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How can you notarize your software when apple has suspended your developer account? Would you not say that notarization requires you to have a developer account, which requires Apple's approval?
> Beginning in macOS 10.14.5, software signed with a new Developer ID certificate and all new or updated kernel extensions must be notarized to run. Beginning in macOS 10.15, all software built after June 1, 2019, and distributed with Developer ID must be notarized
So, no. You need Apple's approval to be able to create software that can actually be ran by end-users even if you do not distribute using the App Store.