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Why are people freaked by this?
How is this significantly different from doing a software update? Hell, most third party apps now also "phone home" to check for updates. I've used Little Snitch for years. Great app. I love having it. But I have to say that there have only been a very few times when I've used it to permanently block an app's ability to make an outbound connection, and then I delete that app from my system shortly thereafter anyway.
Why are people freaked by this?
I will second this question, this is all just stupid worrying. My computer already checks for software updates once a day (although I wonder why Apple didn't just put this widget check in Software Update), and any tool that automates this process is good in my book. Additionally, every time I open up FireFox, BBEdit, Flip4Mac, Growl, or Synergy (which does not even tell it's set to do this) and others, they do version-checking as well. Sure, most of them let me choose to turn this functionality off. But so what, they to could be just as "insidious" as everybody is claiming Apple could be (but is not), but you don't here everybody up in arms about this. This is all just ridiculous.
Why are people freaked by this?
I don't want Apple phoning home without my permission. I don't like services started on my computer without knowing about them. The mail and web servers aren't started by default. I never use widgets and hate them. I don't need this service.
Why are people freaked by this?
I'm not freaked by it at all. The problem I have with it is that there is no notification that a network connection is being made, and that there is no way to turn it off. I have absolutely no need for this functionality and having it on is detrimental.
Why are people freaked by this?
quote: "But really, what's the big deal?"
* choice. quote: "Hell, most third party apps now also "phone home" to check for updates." * Great so lets them all phone home and say nothing.
quote: "The only thing that I think anyone has a legitimate reason to complain about is
* That's why I'm going to block this process -by choice- and express that Apple is wrong
It reminds me that the same thing happened with iTunes. People did block the "feature" then I think we must stop being bigots and protect Apple as if it were a Church. amicably ;-)
Why are people freaked by this?
The term "Phone Home" means that this process sends personally identifiable data back to some third party without your consent. The term's on the front burner of popularity recently because Microsoft is indeed phoning home your data to check on your valid licenses without your consent. They have since bowed to the pressure for now, but the cat's out of the bag over on the Redmond side of the fence.
Why are people freaked by this?
When managing a large number of Macs, using disk imaging tools or tools like Radmind is nearly mandatory. These tools will reset the client Macs to the state of the server image whenever they are run (nightly in our case), deleting any newly downloaded software such as Dashboard widget updates. Being able to shut this feature off keeps every Mac on our network from downloading the same updates every day. And it keeps our install base stable so we can depend on it for production. |
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