drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide on Hacker News

…Additionally from time to time I try to lookup hardening guides like this: https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

comment by sandreas · 2024-01-28 · in Ask HN: How do you setup a new Mac?

https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide/is...

comment by Maursault · 2023-01-29 · in Orion Browser

…of youtube - libreddit or teddit instead of reddit - nitter instead of twitter - macos, following https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide for hardening (I haven't compared this to other hardening guides, but doing…

comment by squeegee_scream · 2022-11-11 · in Ask HN: What do you do for online privacy?

…://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18099835 Also the macOS Security and Privacy Guide may be of interest https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide as discussed on HN last year https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24242890

comment by satysin · 2021-05-06 · in Hardening macOS (2018)

…such "privacy tour", the community has discussed ways in which macOS can be hardened [1], [2]. 1. https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide 2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18099835

comment by jhatax · 2021-02-17 · in Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic'

…vulnerabilities (pdf), but they are still worth having - just don't expect absolute protection. [0] https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide#th...

comment by jiripospisil · 2020-10-20 · in Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu on macOS Big Sur

…has the most comprehensive discussion I've seen about evicting FileVault keys from RAM on sleep: https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide/is... Also, I'm not sure if this has been changed more recently than the comment you…

comment by draebek · 2020-08-22 · in macOS Security and Privacy Guide

…snitch many years ago, but ran into similar issues with it over time (maybe it's better now). [1] https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide#ke...

comment by clairity · 2020-08-22 · in macOS Security and Privacy Guide

…exist since "since OS X 10.11 "El Capitan".". [1] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/wiki [2] https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide#sy...

comment by abledon · 2020-08-22 · in macOS Security and Privacy Guide

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story by Nginx487 · 2020-08-22 · 89 comments

…you can take, but they get gradually more intrusive to the experience of actually using the system: https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

comment by bb123 · 2020-08-10 · in NSA's Tips to Keep Your Phone from Tracking You

…[1] also a recommendation you can try. [0]: https://blog.bejarano.io/hardening-macos.html [1]: https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

comment by 0x54MUR41 · 2019-04-17 · in Ask HN: How do you secure your Mac?

…but this did remind me of another similar guide in the spirit of things if you haven’t seen it: https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide Very good also if you liked this

comment by no_wizard · 2018-09-29 · in Hardening macOS

The sources I recall while writing this: - https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide - https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis - https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/specialpublications/nist.s... -…

comment by ricardbejarano · 2018-09-29 · in Hardening macOS

…your regular Web browser, provided you have first disable any custom dns and/or proxy settings. See https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide#ca...

comment by ricardbejarano · 2018-09-29 · in Hardening macOS

For those who want more: https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

comment by drtse4 · 2018-09-29 · in Hardening macOS

…available to the system". Looks like the author of the original Filevault paper thinks otherwise: https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide/is... > Nor can you test the security of a CSPRNG by running "ent" on it! Curious…

comment by PublicRide · 2018-09-04 · in A practical guide to securing macOS

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story by migueldemoura · 2018-09-03 · 30 comments

Good and detailed guide: https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

comment by nwrk · 2018-03-22 · in Ask HN: Tips on securing a MacBook Air?

…of being paid for - enabling full disk encryption in Linux is like BDSM The post is inspired by https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide#fi... repo and securing my hackintosh setup with FileVault2 enabled. Hackintosh…

comment by auslander · 2018-03-02 · in iOS, the Future of MacOS, Freedom, Security and Privacy in Hostile G Environment

Yes, with some effort: https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide You probably could with the same amount of effort for Windows, but at least Windows makes it more clear that it is happening.

comment by mercurysmessage · 2017-07-26 · in Announcing the Windows Bounty Program

If you haven't read through this before, it's worth a read. https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

comment by bnycum · 2017-04-17 · in Ask HN: Your approach to security on the Mac

…analyses out there of what telemetry OSX sends? I did find this which is interesting and helpful: https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

comment by api · 2017-04-05 · in Microsoft opens up on Windows telemetry, tells us most of what data it collects

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story by rbanffy · 2017-03-13 · 2 comments

…pmset -a standbydelay 0 $ sudo pmset -a autopoweroff 0 See [1] for more macOS hardening tricks. [1] https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide#fu...

comment by cimnine · 2017-03-13 · in Laptop security: Apple vs. [Insert name here]

https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

comment by n1000 · 2016-12-09 · in Ask HN: New Macbook pro late 2016, good tips to setup, try new features, etc?

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story by DemiGuru · 2016-11-23 · 84 comments

Not sure, haven't come across it. Here's a pretty paranoid setup, can't totally vouch for it though https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

comment by yolesaber · 2016-11-15 · in Shazam Keeps Your Mac’s Microphone Always On, Even When You Turn It Off

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story by stevekinney · 2016-11-09 · 0 comments

…interfere with and/or disable certain features. And no flash/adobe, browser java plugin References: https://github.com/drduh/OS-X-Security-and-Privacy-Guide http://docs.hardentheworld.org/OS/OSX_10.11_El_Capitan/…

comment by gameofdrones · 2016-07-09 · in Ask HN: How to secure your Apple Mac against malware/viruses?

…new ones come out around June 13th) I'm going to use this hardening guid which might help a bit: https://github.com/drduh/OS-X-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

comment by andy_ppp · 2016-05-08 · in Giant bags of mostly water: Securing your IT infrastructure

> can anyone recommend a good antivirus for OSX? Common Sense 2016, see https://github.com/drduh/OS-X-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

comment by noondip · 2016-03-06 · in Transmission BitTorrent app contained malware

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story by jameshk · 2015-11-23 · 0 comments

For those curious, this is the guide: https://github.com/drduh/OS-X-Yosemite-Security-and-Privacy-... and it's very good.

comment by e40 · 2015-09-20 · in Improved Digital Certificate Security

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story by epsylon · 2015-09-01 · 1 comment

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story by noondip · 2015-08-31 · 90 comments

Take a look at this guide: https://github.com/drduh/OS-X-Yosemite-Security-and-Privacy-...

comment by noondip · 2015-08-31 · in Linux workstation security checklist