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system_settings_improve_search_disable Disable Improve Search Information to Apple

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

Title

Disable Improve Search Information to Apple

Control

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.assistant.support')\
.objectForKey('Search Queries Data Sharing Status').js
EOS

Discussion

Sending data to Apple to help improve search _MUST_ be disabled. This will disable "Improve Search" within Spotlight in System Settings.

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

Related controls

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

Fix

This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.