macOS
TMA-MACOS14-2.6.4
Ensure Limit Ad Tracking Is Enabled
Description
Apple provides a framework that allows advertisers to target Apple users and end-users with advertisements. While many people prefer to see advertising that is relevant to them and their interests, the detailed information that is collected, correlated, and available to advertisers in repositories via data mining is often disconcerting. This information is valuable to both advertisers and attackers, and has been used with other metadata to reveal users' identities. Organizations should manage advertising settings on computers rather than allow users to configure the settings. Apple Information Ad tracking should be limited on 10.15 and prior. Organizations should manage user privacy settings on managed devices to align with organizational policies and user data protection requirements.
How it is checked
Audit method: Shell command
/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript <<'EOS'
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess').objectForKey('allowApplePersonalizedAdvertising').js
EOS- Expected output
false
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
Profile Method: Create or edit a configuration profile with the following information: 1. The PayloadType string is com.apple.applicationaccess 2. The key to include is allowApplePersonalizedAdvertising 3. The key must be set to <false/>
Properties
- Operating systems
- macos-14
- Tags
- macossonoma
- Reference
- CIS Apple macOS 14.0 Sonoma Benchmark v3.1.0 - 2.6.4 Ensure Limit Ad Tracking Is Enabled
Check this host
Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.
tmaegis scan --target macos