Can We Hide the Orange Dot Without Disabling Sip?
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The post discusses hiding the orange dot on macOS without disabling SIP, sparking debate on the balance between user experience and privacy/security.
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Yeah i’m gonna call BS on this. This is similar to pushing chat control and pushing for breaking everybody’s privacy for the sake of, in theory, detecting CSAM.