There's a new Little Snitch warning that has started to appear after Apple's latest Security Update, at least in Snow Leopard and in Lion. It's been discussed quite a bit, in particular (but not only) on Apple's user forums aka. Support Communities:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4891016?start=0&tstart=0:
but not here on this forum.
So far people there have determined that the call, which has replaced or added features to updating the X-Protect files, is related to the Security panel in the System Preferences, and that it can be toggled by not allowing the "Automatic installation of important security updates". But no one has figured out exactly what information Apple is looking at, harvesting, saving and using. Personally, I'm not too keen on letting them "ransack" my computers, but I'd also hate to miss out on security updates.
Any idea, anyone?
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4891016?start=0&tstart=0:
but not here on this forum.
So far people there have determined that the call, which has replaced or added features to updating the X-Protect files, is related to the Security panel in the System Preferences, and that it can be toggled by not allowing the "Automatic installation of important security updates". But no one has figured out exactly what information Apple is looking at, harvesting, saving and using. Personally, I'm not too keen on letting them "ransack" my computers, but I'd also hate to miss out on security updates.
Any idea, anyone?