Detections
Analytics
2.5.5 Ensure Sending Diagnostic and Usage Data to Apple Is Disabled - Submission
Information
Apple provides a mechanism to send diagnostic and analytics data back to Apple to help them improve the platform. Information sent to Apple may contain internal organizational information that should be controlled and not available for processing by Apple. Turn off all Analytics and Improvements sharing.Share Mac Analytics (Share with App Developers dependent on Mac Analytic sharing)
Includes diagnostics, usage and location data
Share iCloud Analytics
Includes iCloud data and usage information
Rationale:
Organizations should have knowledge of what is shared with the vendor and that this setting automatically forwards information to Apple.
Solution
Graphical Method:Perform the following steps to disable diagnostic data being sent to Apple:
Open System Preferences
Select Security & Privacy
Select Privacy
Select Analytics & Improvements
Set Share Mac Analytics to disabled
Set Share with App Developers to disabled
Terminal Method:
Run the following commands to disable the sending of diagnostic data to Apple:
$ /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Application Support/CrashReporter/DiagnosticMessagesHistory.plist AutoSubmit -bool false
/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Application Support/CrashReporter/DiagnosticMessagesHistory.plist ThirdPartyDataSubmit -bool false
$ /usr/bin/sudo /bin/chmod 644 /Library/Application Support/CrashReporter/DiagnosticMessagesHistory.plist
$ /usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/chgrp admin /Library/Application Support/CrashReporter/DiagnosticMessagesHistory.plist
$ /usr/bin/sudo -u <username> /usr/bin/defaults write /Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.assistant.support 'Siri Data Sharing Opt-In Status' -int 2
example:
$ /usr/bin/sudo -u seconduser /usr/bin/defaults write /Users/seconduser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.assistant.support 'Siri Data Sharing Opt-In Status' -int 2
Profile Method:
Create or edit a configuration profile with the following information:
The PayloadType string is com.apple.applicationaccess
The key to include is allowDiagnosticSubmission
The key must be set to <false/>
The key to also include is Siri Data Sharing Opt-In Status
The key must be set to <integer>2<integer/>
There must also be a second PayloadType string of com.apple.SubmitDiagInfo
The key to include is AutoSubmit
The key must be set to <false/>
Note: Since the profile method sets a system-wide setting and not a user-level one, the profile method is the preferred method. It is always better to set system-wide than per user.
See Also
Item Details
Audit Name: CIS Apple macOS 11.0 Big Sur v3.0.0 L2
References: CSCv7|5.1, CSCv7|9.2
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 922bb7fca0366dd42808cc06e4587a2186ab5cf32ac7677e2852162b6cc74c5d