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Apple snitchware

  • 19-07-2006 10:14am
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    luckat
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    http://news.com.com/Apple+widget+checks+raise+eyebrows/2100-1045_3-6090966.html


    Apple widget checks raise eyebrows
    By Tom Krazit
    Staff Writer, CNET News.com
    Published: July 5, 2006, 5:35 PM PDT
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    A few Mac users are concerned about a feature in the latest update to Mac OS that directs their computers to check in with Apple Computer's servers on a regular basis without the user's knowledge or permission.

    <snip>

    And the cure...

    http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/07/07/privacy/index.php

    <snip>

    If you want to stop the Dashboard Advisory feature manually, you can do so by typing the following command in Terminal. (If you don't know what "sudo" please be careful or have someone more experienced do this for you).

    sudo mv /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dashboard.advisory.fetch.plist /System/Library/


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