There’s a new MDM option to skip the privacy screen at setup for Mac. But, you can also skip that screen programmatically. Do so by sending a DidSeePrivacy boolean key into com.apple.SetupAssistant. This could be done via an MDM or through a simple defaults command, as follows: defaults write com.apple.SetupAssistant DidSeePrivacy -bool TRUE Note: Since writing this, Rich Trouton has published a script that includes the other options at https://github.com/rtrouton/rtrouton_scripts/tree/master/rtrouton_scripts/disable_apple_icloud_data_privacy_diagnostic_and_siri_pop_ups.
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Bushel, Privacy, and Users
A common question we get in the media is whether or not an employer can look at email on an employees device. The answer is that an employer cannot use Bushel to see mail or content on a device. This isn’t to say that you can’t use your Exchange, Office 365, or Google Apps administrative accounts to view your email. But Bushel doesn’t have anything to do with that. Read More About Bushel, Privacy, And Your Users on the Bushel Blog Here
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Facebook and Privacy
A friend sent me an article the other day about Facebook, where the author had an almost chilling reception to Facebook’s privacy policy/terms of use. In fact, last week alone I got at minimum three such emails asking what “a security guy” thought and since the new privacy policy was put into place I’ve gotten no less than 30 or 40 requests/invitations to join various groups that seem to have serious issues with this policy (btw – not all “security guys” wear tin foil hats). Someone once told me not to put anything in writing (or on film) that I didn’t want my grandmother to see. The obvious extension of…
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Firefox & Privacy
One aspect of Firefox that for now is superior to that of most browsers is the ability handle data that should be kept private. To enable the privacy features of Firefox on the Mac, click on the Firefox menu while Firefox is open and then click on Preferences. From here, click on the Privacy icon in the Firefox toolbar and then click on Always clear my private data when I close Firefox. This will clear cache, temp files, etc each time that Firefox is closed. You can alternatively clear private data manually by clicking on Clear Private Data… from the Tools menu when you have Firefox open. This will clear…