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Any way to securely set up a (new) Mac from the start?
reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO | 2021-03-02
Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic'
news.ycombinator.com | 2021-02-16

macOS Mail.app -> Preferences -> Viewing -> Uncheck "Load remote content in messages"
Privacy defaults come down to usability vs. privacy; Apple making this so easy to toggle is fine by me as I care about privacy and tracking.
Now, it would be great if every macOS application walked you through privacy settings right after installation in the same way that I am offered a tour of the new features. Since there is no such "privacy tour", the community has discussed ways in which macOS can be hardened [1], [2].
1. https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide
2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18099835
Guides/Tutorials
reddit.com/r/opsec | 2021-02-02