this channel is pure gold.

Been going through your videos one at a time & have to say it's some of the best stuff re: privacy I've found on youtube yet! Great work!

Cybersecurty is severly underrated. People like you is what we need in order to help us protect ourselves in this age of information. Keep up the good work. You've just gained one new subscriber!

Really enjoying the privacy guides! It's really helping me be far more aware of my digital footprint. It would be great to hear your thoughts on privacy vs convenience as it seems like there is a contradiction between the two. Keep up the great work!

Looking forward to your upcoming videos!

Just subscribed. Love your content and I am learning a lot from you.

Just found your Channel, big thanks for the privacy series it´s great !! That has been a big topic on my to do list. Will keep your stuff in mind with my new Laptop coming soon :-)

Thanks for taking the time to show us this!

Just stumbled upon your playlist - Thank you for your work!

I’ve stumbled into a security function at work and need to up my game. This channel is great!

Hey Sun I’ve been poking around your channel for a while now and have recently subscribed. Just wanted to send some encouraging words and let you know your content has been extremely helpful. Please keep these videos coming!

I’m glad I found this channel..info I’ve been looking for..thanks for the vids

The contents of this channel is awesome! You are awesome, dude!!

this is awesome, please keep it up!

Best Channel for any Mac user, Love your content Sun !!! I did the spoof my mac and it worked, but between that and my iphone it went nuts on me..lol

Love Your videos. This is such an enrichment. Please bring us more content :-)

Great video and very useful advice! 20:47 It looks like your notifications were also set to display on a locked screen for the messages as the box above was ticked. I went through each one and unticked that option to display on a locked screen.

Thanks Sun! Grateful for your guidance.

Thank you for what you’re doing, subscribed. Gonna watch all your videos.

Just found your channel! Thank you for putting out the great content.

Your channel is very informative and useful, thank you very much!

Thx for all of this. I tried to degooglize myself, but ended up spending a lot of time messing around with KZfaq restricted mode getting locked - ha ha. 😄 I learned a lot. I don’t think my life and business are ready for the complete James Bond mode yet, but I definitely recognize all you are saying. 🙏

this channel is gold for a paranoid like me about privacy . Iam binge watching your content, great work thank you for the videos.

Keep it going... Subscribed!

7:56 xD FU Siri! You're OG Sun, good to have you, keep doing what you're doing. A lot of people need this.

TY for this channel, Sun! 👍🏾 Peace 🇲🇦

This is a great guide. Thank you from Hongkong.

I'm switching to an Apple computer for the first time ever and this video was marvelous. Thank you.

Love how your obsessed with privacy and security as well as i am even tho im very new

Awesome, great done! Superb Channel!

hey! i got here because i just watch netflix's documentary called 'social dilemma' lmao. now i am binge watching your videos and try to gain knowledge on how to be more secure online, thank you so much

Keep making these videos. Amazing content.

This is great, thanx!!

HOLY SHIT its sun Knudsen. Ive been using your randomize computername /mac adress stuff for years and years

Awesome! Will you make a new one of these privacy/ cyber security videos for your newer Mac or is it the same? I have been watching for a while.

looking at a new MBP as my 17" 2010 MBP is still good but can't run these new OS, will try what you are saying.

Thanks man 👊

Thank you for your content!

Great Vid! Thanks man

Bro thank you so much for this. Im A beginner that's an adult and this has helped me understand so much.

yes I appreciate this channel. I spoofed my Mac thanks man

learning to be more security and privacy conscious in 2020 and found your channel! also is that a Uniqlo crewneck?

Thanks subscribed!

I've recently stumbled upon your channel, and really enjoying your content. I'd love to see a video on linux (perhaps fedora/debian) on a windows laptop. What are your thoughts on that?

I've just discovered your videos; thank you very much, they are really helpful! (we say mow-haw-vee)

This is GOLD! Cred!

hey great channel very helpful..is there a reason you did not check "block all incoming connections except those required for Mac OS" option??

h1 i am a big fan of you, regards - but when video for MacOS Ventura (M1,2 pro chips) ??

Thank you for your privacy tips, Sun Knudsen. A question: Is Spotlight not too a privacy hole?

very nice! just reseting my mac for this

Awesome channel!

I like the way you narrate

Looking forward to your series. My Mac is installed on Big Sur. You skipped past Complete Disk Access, which I see so much checked. Any advice?

Thank You for such a great and content. I have question - is it ok, to just run your procedure or shall I rather reset my mac (as I would like to cofigure new mac) and then change settings as You have showed.

Hi, thanks for all of this content! I'd like to apply all these advices but I'm currently using my mac (M1 pro) with a some cracked software, do you think I should start a new session ? or even wipe all data on the disk? What do you think about the risk of using cracked software ?

Thank you for all the great info subscribed ... I've been using Macs since 1988 (Mac II) and I realise now that I know absolutely nothing!

I'lkl probably post this to your other vid on macos security too, but while expensive ($450 for gold), I found Firewalla to be incredibly successful for securing my home network. At one point I jokingly named my Wifi SSID "FBIVan202". That drew unwanted attention, and I was subject to Man in the Middle Attacks. Took two steps: Got rid of Xfinity so I could actually control my modem's configuration, and purchased Firewalla, using it as my primary router. (Required an access point.) The M-I-T-M attacks stopped immediately. What I really love is that it has a powerful processor and it runs on linux. So, you can use a third-party VPN by running VPN in client mode from the router, apply it to your entire network, so everything, including tvOS, is covered encrypted and re-encrypted.

Excellent. Some of your MacOS security setting recommendations seem to be more applicable to portable Macs than desktop systems. True?

Great content. Question: Should I enable “find my mac” located in the system preferences details section of location services? If so, is there other part of this section I should enable? Thanks :)

Instant sub

Working as linux and windows admin for years, think I will begin my mac journey after this :)

Hey Sun, I'm looking for the iPhone video that detailed certain settings to turn off for privacy and security reasons. Please point me in the right direction. Thank you for all you do for us tech noobs.

Good Stuff. New Subscriber.

Hey Sun, I have a quick question if that's ok? I guess I need to know what my expectations should after I config some of your privacy stuff, that I love by the way. The reason I ask is because I still like when all things make since like syncing, hand-off ect.... between my iPhone X, Macbook Pro, and my home wi-fi newtork. So when Im going for more privacy and my mac starts acting weird, iPhone acts like it's the Macbook, my network starts asking me for a 64 character hex password, or it say I need to contact my network admin, which is me?..lol Thank you

Hi Sun, I just discovered your channel and it's amazing! I'm a new mac os owner and I want to format the OS but I just can't seem to find an image to burn to a usb or external disk. I usually use windows and linux mint and I usually do it every year o so. Why it's so difficult to find an image to burn off an official site? Anyway, keep up the good work!

5:20 “I need to blur it out somehow. “ Blurred it with his head

Hi Sun, During the setup you mentioned you would get back to the Apple-ID part later, but I don't think you did. I'd like to know if it's safe to sign in to this (I reinstalled MacOS from scratch), or only with limitations, or rather not at all? Personally I only used it to sync my contacts (however I can see why that is not a great idea) and to use Find My Mac (although if that is location-bound, I guess that's also not a great idea). However I also have a Final Cut Pro X subscription tied to this that I want to use and reinstall, for which I have to log in to the App Store. What are your thoughts on this? Hoping you can help.

I knew some or most of the things you pointed out but I have an advanced question. on security > firewall do you check block all incoming connections ? if not do you select certain connection to be allowed or blocked? I have done this which limits my airdrop which I used a lot but I have to do this every time I want to transfer.what is a good solution while blocking all connections to my computer

Hi Sun , bonjour 👋🏾. I loved your tutorial on the iPhone so thank you for that sadly I do not ha e a Mac anymore but a ASUS Vivobook witch is run by window edge 😩 and I am asking you if by any chance you could do a tutorial for it 🙏🏼 I have been looking to find a guy like you on KZfaq that could do a such simple straight forward tutorial on the topic but in vain . Can you help Isabelle

Hi Sun I'm enjoying your videos as I'm also Canadian (Ontario) and a MacBook Pro / iPhone 7 user. I have macOS 11.4 (Big Sur). Would you be updating your video as Mojave is old now. Do you have text guides for the videos you make that are up-to-date? Thanks and have a nice safe day.

thank you bro

Mr. Knudsen is there a way I can contact you privately because I do not want the harsh comments about my lack of knowledge on how to secure my Mac M-1 operating system. I am so grateful that I just found your videos yesterday but I am still having a hard time in understanding how to secure my Mac system. I am trying to guess if I need to download the script programs that you mention in some of the videos. I am new to trying to figure out ways to secure my system but as I mentioned I need baby steps when it comes to tutorials. Thanks. Also, how do I get to your blog the privacy guide where I can possibly find out more in-depth information.

Hey Sun, is there a way for me to enable location so that I can still find my device when it is lost but still restrict access for location to everything else?

Thank you!

Is it worth getting antivirus software like Bitdefender for Mac? It seems like based on what Mac OS offers already it could possibly be overkill.

19:02 Wouldn’t this be the same for location services? ie. turn on and off for specific apps?

I’m also now having trouble witch certain websites. I have t found your “De-Google” video yet, open to suggestions. Perhaps I have to restart factory and reinstall? Appreciate the advice friend.

Hey Sun, How does turning on file vault effect the speed on the computer, for example video editing, will it slow down the mac?

Doesn't Apple also have backdoors ? Love the content by the way, subbed. :)

Hey Sun what do you think of that xkcd cartoon on password security where he shows 4 random English words have more entropy than something people typically use like l337h4x0r15@

Do we enable (tick box) or disable (untick box) Personalized Ads in Privacy / Apple Advertising - Big Sur?

Love this channel Thank you for your great work. I agree with you on a lot of things you are saying !! !!

Hey! Quick question. On the privacy section in security & privacy, there's supposed to be a an option that says "Screen Recording" I noticed it didn't pop up for you but it's an option, so I'm assuming there's a way to add that. Thanks!

Hi thank you for sharing your knowledge . Do you know if i can reset up my families laptop ,to be secure? Thank you in advance.

Very interesting, where can I find the video about why you should stick with Apple Mail and not use third-party mail clients, that is being mentioned in the video?

Hi, what is your opinion of Brave browser? Thanks!

Do you recommend additional anti virus software for Mac like bitdefender?

step one: download and install a linux distro. osx isnt for privacy. they mine data just as much as google.

Hi Sun if you recommend turning Bluetooth off, do you also recommend not using AirPods?

I've read that FileVault might affect speed/performance if you do a lot of heavy video and audio editing. Have you noticed any impact by having it enabled?

just amazing

Hey quick question. Since I configured my Mac and the firewall settings as you suggested now airdrop from an ios device to my mac does not work unless I turn off my firewall every time I airdrop something. This is kind of annoying. Do you know or anyone else reading this another way I can get this to work without having to turn off firewall all the time if I want to airdrop from iPad/iPhone to a mac computer? I have done a lot of trouble shooting and this was the last resort. It is happening in ios 14.3 and BigSur..Thank You. Your Channel is really great!

Just great tks

i notice your duet interface. What music do you make?

Regarding the recovery process - "what if I lose my password" - I'm unable to find a video on the same. Is it in the pipeline? If it is, then is there any guide you would recommend in the meantime?

17:56 if u disable the second option, airdrop will not work, Are there any workarounds?

In my enabling the fire vault, I get this message "authentication server failed to complete the requested operation" when choosing for recovery key and not using cloud account. Please advise.

finally .someone actually knows ......thank you so much

Nice video! Absolutely loved the "F*ck you, Siri!" comment! hahaha!

Thanks for all!