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system_settings_diagnostics_reports_disable Disable Sending Diagnostic and Usage Data to Apple

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

Title

Disable Sending Diagnostic and Usage Data to Apple

Control

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
function run() {
let pref1 = $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.SubmitDiagInfo')\
.objectForKey('AutoSubmit').js
let pref2 = $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\
.objectForKey('allowDiagnosticSubmission').js
if ( pref1 == false && pref2 == false ){
return("true")
} else {
return("false")
}
}
EOS

Discussion

The ability to submit diagnostic data to Apple _MUST_ be disabled.

The information system _MUST_ be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Disabling the submission of diagnostic and usage information will mitigate the risk of unwanted data being sent to Apple.

Related controls

ac-20, sc-7.10, si-11

Fix

This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.