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security & privacy

  1. SpiritSoul1008

    macOS Big Sur Potential Security Issues Revealed

    Did you guys read this article over at 9to5Mac? (Link) Here is the original article by the researcher (Link) I am pretty concerned with the changes that have been made in Big Sur, which could potentially allow any bad actors to spy on our location and app usage. According to this researcher...
  2. Appledoesnotlisten

    Preventing Data Recovery from a Factory Reset Mac

    I am going to sell two Macbooks that are now hosting a bunch of sensitive info. i am aware that certain apps can recover deleted data, even after a factory reset, and want to prevent that from happening to my computers. What are the most reliable and yet not overly time-consuming ways of...
  3. haralds

    Preference Panel Security & Privacy crashes - cannot be opened

    On one of my system the Security & Privacy panel cannot be opened. I cannot approve extensions for Parallels or any other setting. I logged out of my iCloud account and then back in. I tried systemextensionsctl reset etc. etc. If fails for all accounts. I have reinstalled once and it did not...