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MacOS sometimes leaks traffic after system updates

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400 points dulvui | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 08:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.329s | source
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mgoetzke ◴[16 Oct 24 09:44 UTC] No.41857244[source]▶
it also leaks the audio of tabs before logging in.

Even though I had disabled all 'restore' applications features, macos sometimes decides to 'start' browsers BEFORE logging in after a restart AND those start auto-playing audio from whatever was paused before the reboot (or many days before).

Since then I went rather deep disabling that feature, but I never trusted it.

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radicality ◴[16 Oct 24 10:47 UTC] No.41857615[source]▶
Damn, how is that possible? I imagine you have FileVault enabled, and if so this sounds like some security bypass?

I was under the impression that until you provide the password after a reboot, the system should know nothing about you as all user data should be encrypted, so it should not know what apps you had open before reboot let alone start playing sound.

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1. pram ◴[16 Oct 24 14:00 UTC] No.41859128[source]▶
After you type your FileVault password you are 'logged in'

This is really about the checkbox on the reboot modal that says "reopen windows when logging back in." An OS update defaults to yes, for whatever reason.