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system_settings_personalized_advertising_disable Disable Personalized Advertising

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

Title

Disable Personalized Advertising

Control

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

Discussion

Ad tracking and targeted ads _MUST_ be disabled.

The information system _MUST_ be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Disabling ad tracking ensures that applications and advertisers are unable to track users' interests and deliver targeted advertisements.

Related controls

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

Fix

This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.