Ensure Advertising Privacy Protection in Safari Is Enabled

LowLevel 1Automatedmacos

Description

Apple provides a framework that allows advertisers to target Apple users and end-users with advertisements. While many people prefer that when they see advertising it is relevant to them and their interests, the detailed information that is data mining collected, correlated, and available to advertisers in repositories is often disconcerting.

How it is checked

Audit method: Shell command

shell

out=$(/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType 2>/dev/null) || exit 1
printf '%s\n' "$out" | /usr/bin/grep "WebKitPreferences.privateClickMeasurementEnabled" | /usr/bin/tr -d ' "'

Expected output: WebKitPreferences.privateClickMeasurementEnabled=1;

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Profile (preferred): com.apple.Safari WebKitPreferences.privateClickMeasurementEnabled = <true/>.

Properties

Operating systems: macos-15
Tags: macosapplications
Reference: CIS Apple macOS 15.0 Sequoia Benchmark v2.1.0 - 6.3.6 Ensure Advertising Privacy Protection in Safari Is Enabled

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

shell

tmaegis scan --target macos