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os_photos_enhanced_search_disable Disable Photos Enhanced Visual Search

NIST macOS Security Compliance Project Sequoia Guidance, Revision 4.0 (be5491f)
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first version loaded macOS

Title

Disable Photos Enhanced Visual Search

Control

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.photos.shareddefaults')\
.objectForKey('IPXDefaultEnhancedVisualSearchEnabled').js
EOS

Discussion

Enhanced Visualed Search _MUST_ be disabled in the Photos app.

The information system _MUST_ be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Disabling Enhanced Visual Search will mitigate the risk of unwanted data being sent to Apple.

Related controls

ac-20, ac-20.1, cm-7, cm-7.1, sc-7.10

Fix

This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.