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Passive FTP persists on MacBooks after Apple Store DFU reset
Original: Background Passive FTP with No GUI Control Survives Apple Store DFU https://knowledgeisuserdata.medium.com/passive-ftp-e
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.
Why now: It reveals that a supposedly complete Apple Store reset leaves an uncontrolled legacy network service running on MacBooks.
Evidence
- Background Passive FTP with No GUI Control Survives Apple Store DFU https://knowledgeisuserdata.medium.com/passive-ftp-enabled-on-macbook-after-apple-store-reset-and-other-observations-ac8573069e5d # HackerNews # Tech # Apple · hackernews@robot.villas · 3
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