FTP

A security-focused write-up reports that a MacBook returned from an Apple Store device firmware update (DFU) came back with passive FTP enabled in the background, with no graphical interface to turn it off. The author says the setting survived the store reset and documents other post-reset observations, raising questions about what configuration Apple applies during service and how much control users have over it.

A Mac user reports that passive FTP remains enabled in the background, with no graphical interface to disable it, even after an Apple Store performed a full DFU restore of a MacBook. The finding suggests Apple's devices run this legacy service without user-facing controls, and that a complete store-level reset does not remove it. Readers are debating what else may persist through resets and what that means for privacy and system control.