Uninstall FaceTime Mac Beta
The installer package doesn't seem to offer an uninstall, and deleting the FaceTime app bundle doesn't do it either. There is a process tied to the FT bundle too (apsd-ft?).
Mac OS X (10.6.4)
Mac OS X (10.6.4)
D.R.C. wrote:
For those interested in such things, the apsd-ft process phones home to an Apple server whenever your Mac gets a new IP address on its LAN interface. Thus, Apple is probably collecting your WAN IP address as you and your laptop moves from place to place. (they need to know your IP address so they can initiate a FaceTime call to your Mac).
If they're clever, they will also collect the SSIDs and MAC addresses of all the WiFi access points visible to your Mac (if you have wireless). In conjunction with Skyhook, or their own geo-location database, they'll know where you are whenever your FaceTime-equipped Mac is turned on.
weisen wrote:
Just to be clear, having your WAN IP address would not, in most real-world situations, get an outside server directly back to you. The system has to leave the apsd-ft connection open.
weisen wrote:
Isn't this already done by CoreLocation on Macs with or without FaceTime installed? I'm not sure what privacy controls are included for CoreLocation, but "locationd" on my MacBook Pro under SL talks out all the time. I don't think that there's a FaceTime specific privacy issue here above and beyond the ones already in OS/X.
Uninstall FaceTime Mac Beta