Unencrypted Gatekeeper data puts Mac users’ privacy at riskApple’s terrific track record of keeping macOS safe from malicious apps is a double-edged sword. Recent findings of security enthusiasts about a Gatekeeper quirk demonstrate that the trade-off between security and privacy is a nontrivial one. Before elaborating on this issue further, let’s recall what this feature is intended to do in the first place. When a user tries to run an app, it checks the code against a database of known-harmful software.
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Unencrypted Gatekeeper data puts Mac users’ privacy at risk
