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1. parable · 1790015646 · focus · HN ↗

   Is it possible to block Apple Intelligence from sending data over the Internet via Little Snitch? I would assume it is, but I'm not sure if anything significant has changed in macOS 27 that makes this impossible now. I don't really mind the local features - I'd rather they stay disabled, but it's not the end of the world - but I really don't want any data leaving my Mac.

   1. ActorNightly · 1790015772 · focus · HN ↗

      Apple OS will bypass any user space firewall.

      You can verify this yourself. Get an old laptop to act as a wifi hotspot and forward traffic over usb ethernet adapter to your actual router. Then run tcpdump on the computer. You will see the multitude of phone-home traffic.

      1. arcanemachiner · 1790016886 · focus · HN ↗

         Non-macOS user here. Does macOS not let you run things as root?

         1. nhubbard · 1790017150 · focus · HN ↗

            It does let you run things as root.

            1. [deleted] · 1790017627 · focus · HN ↗

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