Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today?
Date	2020-11-15 18:39 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2020-11-15, Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 2020-11-14 at 17:21:33 MST, "Percival John Hackworth" <pjh@nanoworks.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This "phone home" process being unblockable on MacOS 11 means I may
>> be leaving MacOS and Apple with my next system.
>
> I hear you. It would be nice if some government would step in to stop
> this snooping, but it seems that even the EU is no longer interested
> in protecting privacy. 

LOL... Such ignorance on display here.

The process is "blockable" with a one-line addition to the hosts file,
which has been discussed in this very thread. That said, blocking it
indefinitely is a very bad idea, since you are disabling the mechanism
that ensures software using revoked certificates (usually due to
malware/adware/spyware being bundled) won't run on your Mac.

But more importantly, validating encryption certificates isn't
"snooping". If you think that's "snooping", just wait 'till you smooth
brains learn about secured web connections! OH MY!!! SNOOPS-R-US! : O

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  Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2020-11-13 18:25 +1300
    Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2020-11-14 05:45 -0600
      Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2020-11-15 09:30 +1300
        Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2020-11-14 15:10 -0600
  Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-11-13 17:00 +0000
    Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2020-11-14 01:22 +0000
      Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-11-14 16:30 +0000
  Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? Alan Ralph <usenet@alanralph.co.uk> - 2020-11-13 17:55 +0000
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  Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? RocketSurgeon <48forward@gmail.com> - 2020-11-13 12:39 -0800
  Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> - 2020-11-13 21:43 +0000
    Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? Addictive <colours@shades.of.grey> - 2020-11-13 22:59 +0000
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      Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-11-14 03:31 +0000
        Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2020-11-14 03:39 -0600
          Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> - 2020-11-14 19:47 +0000
            Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2020-11-14 14:52 -0600
              Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-11-14 22:06 +0000
            Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? Percival John Hackworth <pjh@nanoworks.com> - 2020-11-15 00:21 +0000
              Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> - 2020-11-15 01:02 +0000
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              Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2020-11-15 14:04 +1300
              Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-11-15 18:33 +0000

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