Title

The macOS system must disable personalized advertising. (Cat II impact)

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.

Check Content

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable personalized advertising with the following command: /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\ .objectForKey('allowApplePersonalizedAdvertising').js EOS If the result is not "false", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable personalized advertising by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-259528r941206_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-259528

Group Title: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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