macOS Sends Every App to Apple

It turns out that in the current version of the macOS, the OS sends to Apple a hash (unique identifier) of each and every program you run, when you run it. Lots of people didn’t realize this, because it’s silent and invisible and it fails instantly and gracefully when you’re offline, but today the server got really slow and it didn’t hit the fail-fast code path, and everyone’s apps failed to open if they were connected to the internet.

A text-based tech joke claims that macOS secretly sends Apple a hash of every program when it runs. The punchline is that when Apple’s server becomes slow, applications connected to the internet fail to open, satirizing hidden telemetry and centralized control. EN: A text-based tech joke claims that macOS secretly sends Apple a hash of every program when it runs. The punchline is that when Apple’s server becomes slow, applications connected to the internet fail to open, satirizing hidden telemetry and centralized control.

• @infosecmemes / 448 2020-11-13