macOS has checked app signatures online for over 2 years
I sometimes wonder if the mods won&#x27;t end up banning &quot;political&quot; talk on HN. Because these days everything becomes political, even if it really is a technical issue.<p>Case to the point: online signature check was a technical decision, to fight malware. It was implemented similarly by other OS vendors (Microsoft) and it&#x27;s been this way for years.<p>Now we discover that it has the unfortunate side-effect that it lessens privacy. Apple (and probably other OS vendors) are working to improve that in the future. Also, a technical issue.<p>It was never about privacy. It was never a political issue. Can we please just discuss it from a technological standpoint?