Warning to MacOs Big Sur users

[C.G.]

Telemetry issues affecting your privacy:

https://mspoweruser.com/macos-big-sur-has-its-own-telemetry-privacy-nightmare/

[Robotron2k84]

[DAZE752]

I always run Lulu and Little Snitch

[Californio]

You mean your Smart TV does not do the same. Just about all electronic devices do this, should be illegal but 1984 - the government loves.

[MrFancyPants]

the telemetry can not be blocked, as macOS Big Sur does not allow user-level firewalls or VPNs to access system communication.

Yes it can, and things like this are exactly why I have a Cisco ASA as my home firewall. Complete control over what goes in and out of my network on a per packet basis. Shame on Apple for going down this road, but it was inevitable. Too much money to be made by violating personal privacy.

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[ocabj]

OCSP fundamentally is a legitimate use case.

But if this concerns you, you should run Linux consumer oriented OSes will implement app certificate checking as a way to combat malware.

As far as Mac OS 11 aka Big Sur allowing OCSP data to get past a firewall, this is true at the host-level (e.g. PF). But, obviously you can block it with network hardware.

[DaveInOroValley]

Never upgrade for at least a month or so after a new release. Lesson learned along time ago.