I try to follow a simple rule for all software. If it is made in China/Taiwan/Far East, ignore it. Software is a black box, which savvy users also cannot figure the internals. If I am not mistaken, there was a mobile phone using Android software that was pinging servers in China every 24 hours. Android itself had nothing to do with it, but the pinging software was a layer that was sitting on top of the OS.
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Yah Exactly, shouldn't we be pinning it on Russia? lol!
It isn't China - it's California disguised as a Chinese IP address. Convenient to do it that way
No questions asked after that - it's either "China" or "Russia" - then we don't have to do any thinking, and that's a *good thing*
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This is why I have been using Little Snitch for as long as I can remember. It's not just for pirates, I want to know what is being transmitted to and from my computer.
Not to mention that if it's going to China, then they're probably forwarding it on to their Comrades in Russia anyway.
Please tell us more and provide documentation
First, Chinese companies started investing in US companies, then owning real estate (some iconic structures in the USA are owned by Chinese conglomerates), next they bought car companies, now it is data. With data, they can theoretically own the people. The End.
Mac and iOS apps should only be submitted as source code. Apple should then compile them to earn their 30%.
Not always. I used to use a clock app on my iPhone and my router kept reporting traffic to a Middle East country and I discover it was the clock app. Who knows what it was transmitting. Deleted it and problem solved.
Not to mention that the true golden goose is being a trusted source for applications that don't steal data or otherwise compromise your system. That, along with licensing across all of your Macs, is the real value proposition of the App Store.
Apple wants consumers to pay higher prices because of the secure premium experience of macOS and iOS. Well, OK then, but: (1) Why wasn't this caught at the level of the App Store when the app was submitted? and (2) Why didn't macOS's security features flag suspicious activity?
Maybe they were able to utilise a loophole in app access to Safari. Apple will obviously now inspect and plug this, making it a teeny tiny bit more secure. Baby steps.
On a more serious note, ad blockers and trackers can read pages, browser data and other things. Very few are there who do not and claim so.
Wipr is one. I use it, and it just works.
Or it could be Mark Zuckerberg!
Make it look like China or whoever, but if you follow the trail, it ends with Mark Zuckerberg I bet . Just as much reason to believe that, wouldn't you say? I mean nobody needs any proof - so pick a theory, any theory.
Love the 5-star stats. App has over 10x the number of review rankings vs. all the other top apps - nearly every one 5-stars. Surely no one is capable of review Apple's ranking/review system.
There's big money in these types of apps. Many Windows switchers buy them because they never learned proper internet hygiene and are trained to think they're needed. Even Mac Rumors did a story on Mac Cleaner the other day because they get a spiff. Apple stores sold antivirus software on their shelves for years.
Mac Cleaner may or may not send your data to China like this one does, but it's still a useless app that's a waste of money.
Mac Cleaner may or may not send your data to China like this one does, but it's still a useless app that's a waste of money.
If this is available on the European App Store Apple and the developer may find themselves is violation of GDPR compliance. The fines for which are crippling to say the least.
