[geeks] Apple applications phoning home

[Shannon Hendrix]

I just noticed that every time I go to preferences in "Address Book"  
on MacOS Tiger, it tries to connect to port 80 at  
configuration.apple.com.

I blocked its request since I see no reason for it to do that, but if  
you block its outgoing connection, you cannot use the preferences  
dialog.

What kind of idiotic crap is that?

Does anyone know why it does this?

More importantly, does anyone know how I can stop it and still use  
the program?

Aside: it isn't just Address Book.  Apple's apps seem to be  
contacting Apple all the time.

Anyone else see this on their Mac systems?


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