Over a million people learned that very personal details of their had been leaking from an unsecured server. What should we learn?
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Mac users are increasingly using software firewalls to prevent apps from making outgoing connections. Here are some tips, and links to help you build whitelists.
Do you want to see exactly what protected resources an app can try to access? Or check that your own app is correctly configured?
Answers to the most commonly asked questions on my free utilities SilentKnight and its command tool sibling silnite.
An unexpected behaviour in the codesign command could cause the app to crash when examining certain app. Now fixed, plus several new features.
Uninstall an app and it vanishes from the Privacy tab. But it hasn’t really gone – those consents will be reactivated if the app is replaced. Without you being informed.
For once, Mojave’s privacy protection worked in favour of the user, in stopping Zoom’s old app from regaining access to your camera and microphone.
Sleep easier at night knowing that there shouldn’t be a hidden web server running on your Mac. Here’s how to check.
In the next week or two, 10.14.6 should be released, the last version of Mojave, and the last macOS to run on cheesegrater Mac Pros. Where has it got us?
Was WWDC a damp squib after all? With only one new unaffordable Mac announced, and more dreadful privacy dialogs on their way, you might think so.
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