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		RunSet on July 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “Computer security 80% solved if we deprecate tech... > MacOS phones home before running an unverified app. I understand why they do it, but I'd rather they didn't. Considering Apple was brazen enough to name the software that phones home "Gatekeeper" it is all too clear why they do it. https://support.apple.com/guide/security/gatekeeper-and-runt...

bamfly on July 12, 2023 [–]

... because it supervises and scrutinizes "traffic" coming through the "gate" for security reasons, before letting it inside the "walls" where it might do harm? Like a gatekeeper does?

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