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Mac certificate check stokes fears that Apple logs every app you run – Ars Technica
Amid concern that macOS logs app usage in real time, Apple issues assurances.
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Last Thursday afternoon, Mac users everywhere began complaining of a crippling slowdown when opening apps. The cause: online certificate checks Apple performs each time a user opens an app not downloaded from the App Store. The mass upgrade to Big Sur, it seems, caused the Apple servers responsible for these checks to slow to a crawl.
Apple quickly fixed the slowdown, but concerns about paralyzed Macs were soon replaced by an even bigger worrythe vast amount of personal…
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