Is my macbook being monitored?

[mosaka]

How can I tell if there’s a monitoring software on my new MacBook? This is an M1 MacBook Pro with macOS Monterey.

Ive already done the following steps:

1. Put the following command in the terminal:
sudo profiles show -type enrollment

Results showed:
Error fetching Device Enrollment configuration: Client is not DEP enabled.

2. Under Settings > Privacy, I don’t see any options for “Profiles”


I bought this MacBook on sale so I’m paranoid about it being enrolled in an MDM or DEP.

Any insight is appreciated!

 

[smoking monkey]

How can I tell if there’s a monitoring software on my new MacBook? This is an M1 MacBook Pro with macOS Monterey.

Ive already done the following steps:

1. Put the following command in the terminal:
sudo profiles show -type enrollment

Results showed:
Error fetching Device Enrollment configuration: Client is not DEP enabled.

2. Under Settings > Privacy, I don’t see any options for “Profiles”


I bought this MacBook on sale so I’m paranoid about it being enrolled in an MDM or DEP.

Any insight is appreciated!

A way around this is to wipe the computer and reinstall the OS fresh.
That way there is nothing to worry about. It's quite simple on an M1 machine as well. It's not like previous versions. Apple has support documents on how to do it. Remember, don't use time machine to reinstall anything. Everything has to be done from scratch. That also means you need to redo all your passwords. If you have an iPhone you can do that while you are reinstalling the machine. nIf you have photos and music, you need to do the drag and drop back up version of those onto an external.

 

[mrkapqa]

since those new computers have cpu cmoing from the mobile space, presume you are being monitored all the time, even if you are offline. privacy is an illusion. but you could try out programs like wireshark or littlesnitch, to get some understanding or more control on whats going on with your computer. personlly, i would not very much trust the apple slogans on being the most privacy oriented company and that your data is safe with them.
it has been shown , that iphones have most sophisticated spyware in them from start of smartphones, so why should the arm cpu apple silicon be fundamtentally different in that regard?

 

[okkibs]

MDM/DEP != monitoring. To check for MDM/DEP, open the System Preferences, click the menu bar item with the same same and choose Erase All Content and Settings. This will wipe all your data so make sure you have a backup. Upon first creating your user account the Mac will show an extra step/window informing you that the device is connected to an organization. If that screen does not show up, the device is not enrolled.

Afterwards you can restore from TM with Migration Assistant to get your data back.

 

[kitKAC]

I bought this MacBook on sale

From where?

 

[bmcgrath]

Why would buying it on sale mean it has MDM software? Was it not a clean install when you bought it?

 

[dmccloud]

since those new computers have cpu cmoing from the mobile space, presume you are being monitored all the time, even if you are offline. privacy is an illusion. but you could try out programs like wireshark or littlesnitch, to get some understanding or more control on whats going on with your computer. personlly, i would not very much trust the apple slogans on being the most privacy oriented company and that your data is safe with them.
it has been shown , that iphones have most sophisticated spyware in them from start of smartphones, so why should the arm cpu apple silicon be fundamtentally different in that regard?

I'd start to list what is wrong with this post, but I don't have all week to spend taking it down line-by-line and typo by typo

 

[chrfr]

How can I tell if there’s a monitoring software on my new MacBook? This is an M1 MacBook Pro with macOS Monterey.

Ive already done the following steps:

1. Put the following command in the terminal:
sudo profiles show -type enrollment

Results showed:
Error fetching Device Enrollment configuration: Client is not DEP enabled.

2. Under Settings > Privacy, I don’t see any options for “Profiles”

These two things indicate that the computer isn't enrolled in a management system.