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MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design?

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2031 points jrk | 2 comments | 22 May 20 15:39 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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nromiun ◴[22 May 20 15:50 UTC] No.23273360[source]▶
> This is not just for files downloaded from the internet, nor is it only when you launch them via Finder, this is everything. So even if you write a one line shell script and run it in a terminal, you will get a delay!

> Apple’s most recent OS where it appears that low-level system API such as exec and getxattr now do synchronous network activity before returning to the caller.

Can anyone confirm this? Because honestly this is just terrifying. I don't think even Windows authorises every process from a server. This doesn't sound good for both privacy and speed.

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dTal ◴[22 May 20 23:24 UTC] No.23278253[source]▶
Making this about speed is burying the lede. From a privacy and user-freedom perspective, it's horrifying.

Don't think so? Apple now theoretically has a centralized database of every Mac user who's ever used youtube-dl. Or Tor. Or TrueCrypt.

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threeseed ◴[22 May 20 23:32 UTC] No.23278313[source]▶
Apple already has every iPhone user's photos, messages, browsing history, keychains etc.

Not sure how a list of installed apps is going to be worse than that.

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1. saagarjha ◴[22 May 20 23:35 UTC] No.23278326[source]▶
Not if you choose to not sync them.
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2. radicaldreamer ◴[23 May 20 01:19 UTC] No.23278936[source]▶
Yup, you can choose to not use iCloud backup and back up offline in an encrypted way (even over wifi) if you’d like.