Apple has removed a controversial feature in macOS 11.2 beta 2 that allowed its own apps to bypass third-party firewalls, security tools, and VPNs
The ContentFilterExclusionList has been removed in macOS 11.2 beta 2. — Apple has removed a controversial feature from the macOS operating system …
ZDNet Catalin Cimpanu
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Discussion
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@patrickwardle
Patrick Wardle
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Omg we did it! 🤩 Thanks to the community feedback (and ya, bad press) Apple decided to remove the ContentFilterExclusionList (in 11.2 beta 2) Means socket filter firewalls (e.g. LuLu) can now comprehensively monitor/block all OS traffic!! Read more: https://www.patreon.com/... ht…
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@martijn_grooten
Martijn Grooten
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I had kind of missed this last autumn, but Apple made its own apps bypass firewalls and VPNs for a while? That sounds really bad... https://www.zdnet.com/...
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@petercoffee
Peter Coffee
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“The bugs were related to @Apple...not having enough time to iron out bugs before Big Sur launch... Once Big Sur 11.2 is released, all Apple apps will once again be subject to firewalls & security tools.” Or launch could have waited? Perhaps? Because, trust? https://www.zdnet.com…
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@lapcatsoftware
Jeff Johnson
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The other question is, was this Apple software engineer authorized to speak to the press? Strange that Apple refused to elaborate but the engineer did... Apple has many leaks, but AFAIK it's rare that they come from software engineering. https://twitter.com/...
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@lapcatsoftware
Jeff Johnson
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Interesting if true. But fucking hell, if Apple would just be open and honest they could avoid a ton self-inflicted bad PR. Also once again Apple's yearly release schedule is trash and results in trash. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@chrismessina
Chris Messina
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Apple seems to repeatedly self-deal when it comes to the access they provide their own apps. Corrections like this (in which their own apps like the App Store bypass a user's firewall) feel like mea culpas. https://www.patreon.com/... #ContentFilterExclusionList #Antitrust https:…
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@patrickbeuth
Patrick Beuth
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I guess it was me*. https://www.spiegel.de/... * No, definitely not at all. It's just good to see the occasional impact of a dedicated community on a company like Apple. https://twitter.com/...
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@flugazi
@flugazi
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Apple to allow socket filters/firewalls (Little Snitch, etc) to monitor/block all network traffic https://twitter.com/...
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@campuscodi
Catalin Cimpanu
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List was removed in macOS 11.2 beta 2, as per @patrickwardle (see here: https://t.co/...) This was done for users' sake. See this evergreen tweet from Kevin last month: https://twitter.com/...