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Lulu. A fully open-source firewall for macOS

January 15, 2021 cialu Internet, Opensource, Technology

LuLu is the free, shared-source macOS firewall that aims to block unknown outgoing connections unless explicitly approved by the user. Any unknown outgoing connections, until approved by the user, are blocked by default. While it was designed to generically detect malware by flagging unauthorized networking connections, LuLu can also be used to block OS components or 3rd-party applications from transmitting[…]

M1 Macs maintain a persistent, hardware-serial-number linked TLS connection to Apple

January 3, 2021 cialu Internet, Technology

In case you didn’t know, here you can find some very useful information about the new Apple M1 Macintosh and all the privacy related things about it. Big Sur on M1 (and possibly on Intel) maintains a persistent, hardware-serial-number linked TLS connection to Apple (for APNS, just like on iOS) at all times when you are logged in, even if[…]