Apple responds to gatekeeper issues heres what it has to say
Apple last week rolled out MacOS BigSur on its home and laptop computers. However, when users started opening third-party apps, they were greeted with a range of issues ranging from slow launches to no launch. The issue stems from a technology called Gatekeeper that Apple uses to prevent users from downloading malicious apps masquerading as legitimate apps. Now, the company has updated their support document explaining the steps they are taking to prevent the issue from recurring.
In the document titled “Safely Open Applications on Your Mac,” Apple says that next year it will introduce several changes in MacOS that will prevent the controller bug from recurring. The list includes the introduction of a new encrypted protocol for Developer ID certificate revocation checks, the establishment of strong protections against server failure, and the introduction of a new preference for users to unsubscribe from. these security protections.
On top of that, Apple has also addressed user concerns about these new security features by giving it an overview of competing apps. The company said it was not using data from those checks to learn more about individual devices.
Gatekeeper performs online checks to see if an application contains known malware and if the developer’s signing certificate is revoked. We have never combined data from these checks with information about Apple users or their devices. We don’t use the data from these controls to find out what individual users are launching or performing on their devices, Apple explained.
