We have never combined data from these checks with information about Apple users or their devices. We do not use data from these checks to learn what individual users are launching or running on their devices.
To further protect privacy, we have stopped logging IP addresses associated with Developer ID certificate checks, and we will ensure that any collected IP addresses are removed from logs.
In addition, over the the next year we will introduce several changes to our security checks:
A new encrypted protocol for Developer ID certificate revocation checks
Strong protections against server failure
A new preference for users to opt out of these security protections
The fact that existed for years is the problem. the fact that execs signed off on this at all means apple is terrible for privacy
I read the article and the only pedantic detail that was wrong in the initial report was that gatekeeper didnt send the “appication hash” it sent the “applications certificate id” which is a worthless distinction and changes nothing. you’re acting like that somehow exonerates apple, and then just blindly believing what their PR person says. youd have to be a complete idiot or working for them to believe that crap.
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I’m sorry but did you read the article l linked to or the TL;DR I lifted from the article?
They do not send the app you open to Apple, and there is no evidence they send it to third parties as the app information is not sent at all!
Nevertheless, they do send information about the developer certificate for notarization and gatekeeper checks.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491#view:~:text=Privacy protections
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We have never combined data from these checks with information about Apple users or their devices. We do not use data from these checks to learn what individual users are launching or running on their devices.
To further protect privacy, we have stopped logging IP addresses associated with Developer ID certificate checks, and we will ensure that any collected IP addresses are removed from logs.
In addition, over the the next year we will introduce several changes to our security checks: A new encrypted protocol for Developer ID certificate revocation checks Strong protections against server failure A new preference for users to opt out of these security protections
The fact that existed for years is the problem. the fact that execs signed off on this at all means apple is terrible for privacy
I read the article and the only pedantic detail that was wrong in the initial report was that gatekeeper didnt send the “appication hash” it sent the “applications certificate id” which is a worthless distinction and changes nothing. you’re acting like that somehow exonerates apple, and then just blindly believing what their PR person says. youd have to be a complete idiot or working for them to believe that crap.