I have wanted to put this together for sometime, I stated out using an Apple ][+ back in 1981, using various Mac's including Mac AUX (UNIX for Mac). I still use Macs today, but the Macs and Mac Software isn't the same.
In the beginning, I used the Mac as a standalone machine, but as I began using UNIX, it became clear to me the Mac and its operating system was a better client than Windows as a client to UNIX servers. I designed my first website in 1992 on a Mac and hosted it on a DEC 11/780, later moving it to an AT&T 3B2 Model 5, and then a Sun Sun Fire machine. Today, it runs on some cloud based x86_64, I no longer run it, but the website is still there.
There is more concern with MacOS regarding Privacy and Security. The Question is, Can we users tame it, get it back under our control and away from corporations who want to put their noses into everything we do. This is my attempt to show some of the things I have learned along the way to help wrestle the software back and use the machines to solve problems without telegraphing what I do to Apple, and the people they sell our data too.
As I have said before Security and Privacy is not a destination, it is an journey along an every changing road, with new challenges and obstacles placed along the way.
Even Linux is starting down this road so if you think Linux is immune...you might want to read a bit more recent articles.
00:00 - Start
00:14 - Threat Models
01:24 - Keep Your System up-to-date
01:32 - Encrypt Data at Rest
01:39 - Encrypt Data at Rest
02:18 - Rapid Security Response
02:54 - Backup Your System
04:08 - Verify the Backup
04:21 - Re-Installing macOS
05:07 - Browser
07:30 - Cookies
10:03 - Firmware Passwords
10:44 - Captive Portal
11:50 - Firewalls
14:22 - pf firewall (same one used in pfSense)
16:55 - GPL Removal
20:19 - Passkeys
22:27 - Wrapup
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