Disable unauthorized connections
- Multiple actionsThis page belongs to a category, containing some changes with similar goal.
- macOS onlyThis script improves your privacy on macOS
- Impact: MinimumSystem Functionality Loss Risk: Low
This action improves privacy with minimal impact when you run the recommended script. - Bash (Shell script)These changes use macOS system commands to update your settings.
- 4 scripts
- Fully reversible
You can fully restore this action (revert back to the original behavior) using this website.
The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.
Overview
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This document —disable unauthorized connections— shows the mechanics of how to ensure system privacy control on macOS. What's equally important, this page provides instructions to roll back any edits.
Independent and informed choices are supported by online data privacy protection. With help of this manual, improve digital data privacy defenses options and begin now and proceed. Each instruction is there to guide you, so don't skip any. Trust the process and follow it closely.
References
- Script management with launchd in Terminal on Mac
- Designing Daemons and Services
- launchd Tutorial
- CIS Apple macOS Benchmarks
- Customize your Mac with System Settings
- Guidelines for System Hardening
- Change Privacy & Security settings on Mac
Technical Details
- Toward applying this elevated access, this adjustment orchestrates your system to achieve secure privileges to be able to maintain stricter information privacy enforcement.
- This action manages macOS system preferences to maximize secure data privacy assurance through the use of secure configuration. This can help use less power or resources as a result of optimizing system behavior.
- To accomplish granular daemon control, this modification applies daemon execution settings to be able to reduce sensitive data privacy management risks. To obtain minimized system overhead from redundant services, this would help stop the system from slowing down.
- This playbook adjusts system settings to help optimize digital privacy handling and it can also help to achieve comprehensive protection. It aims to help make daily operations smoother, to reach optimized system resources.
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Choose one of two ways to apply:
Normal — Functional Privacy
- Recommended for all
- Safe for daily use
- No impact on system stability
Read more about Normal and other protection levels
Apply with privacy.sexy
Guided, automated application with safety checks- Recommended for most users
- Includes safety checks
- Shows the code
- Free
- Open-source
- Popular
- Offline/Online usage
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- 4 Privacy settings
Choose what to protect based on your needs:This script already includes these options.
You can review, apply or reverse each option individually.
Click any option to learn more about what it does.
- Some settings and commands may require technical knowledge to apply correctly.
- Most users find the Normal protection above sufficient.
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Wider Goal
The guide below includes this guide to achieve a wider goal.See other more general settings that includes this one as one of its actions.These plans combine multiple privacy settings, including this one, for stronger protection.
Same Goal
Other guides in Security improvements See settings that are in the same category as this guide.Using other actions in the same category may help you achieve your goal better.
About the Creators
These people have authored this documentation and written its scripts:
undergroundwires- Certified security professional
- 7+ years experience securing banks
- Open-source developer since 2005
- EU advisor, Public Speaker, Moderator
- Open-Source Contributors
- Hundreds across the globe
- Testers, reviewers, developers
- Companies, military agencies
- Community since 2017
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This guide has undergone comprehensive auditing and peer review:Expert review by undergroundwires
- Verified technical accuracy and editorial standards
- Assessed system impact and user privacy risks
- Audited and verified using automated security tests
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- Privacy enthusiasts and professionals peer-reviewed
- Millions of end-users tested across different environments
- Audited and verified using third-party security software
History
We continually monitor our guides, their impact and other potential privacy options. We update our guides when new information becomes available. On every update, we publicly store who made the change, what has been changed, why the change was made and when the change was made.