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Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu on macOS Big Sur

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1183 points robenkleene | 1 comments | 20 Oct 20 15:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.218s | source
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3pt14159 ◴[20 Oct 20 16:03 UTC] No.24838967[source]▶
This is one of those tough cases where software cuts both ways.

Some people are smart, informed developers that install a trusted tool to monitor their traffic and have legitimate reasons to want to inspect Apple traffic. They're dismayed.

Most people are the opposite and this move protects the most sensitive data from being easily scooped up or muddled in easily installed apps, or at least easily installed apps that don't use zero days.

Is the world better or worse due to this change? I'd say a touch better, but I don't like the fact that this change was needed in the first place. I trust Apple, but I don't like trusting trust.

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1. m463 ◴[20 Oct 20 17:48 UTC] No.24840315[source]▶
Have you used little snitch? It very clearly allows all apple traffic by default, and if you modify something that would affect it, you get a huge popup explaining what will happen and have to click on a red button to confirm.