Norton has informed me that it will "whitelist" my site within 48 hours and that I will receive confirmation via phone...and those of you who have gotten warnings will stop getting them. I'll let you know. Sorry again for any inconvenience.
—Mike with IT hat on. I still don't know anything, I just have the hat.
Can we please change the term whitelist to allowlist? See https://fractionalciso.com/allowlist-and-blocklist-are-better-terms-for-everyone-lets-use-them/
Thank you!
[It's the term the guy at Norton used with me, that's all. --Mike]
Posted by: Arne Dietrich | Sunday, 16 October 2022 at 09:43 PM
Mike,
Arne is right. In this case it should be easy to modify one's own wording.
To overcome stereotypes it certainly takes generations, but someone has to start it. And I know I have to sweep before my own door often enough...
Posted by: Markus Spring | Monday, 17 October 2022 at 12:47 AM
I merely note that the article at that link "Allowlist and blocklist are better terms for everyone, let’s use them." is written by a guy named Rob Black.
(meant humorously!)
Posted by: Mani Sitaraman | Monday, 17 October 2022 at 05:59 AM
Perhaps if your IT hat didn’t closely resemble a pirate hat. Just sayin…
Posted by: Roger | Monday, 17 October 2022 at 02:59 PM
Your masthead/banner thing is missing today, more likely a hosting issue than the Norton issue.
Posted by: Peter Williams | Tuesday, 18 October 2022 at 04:51 PM
I started getting pop-up notifications in the upper right corner of Finder around the time you posted about this problem but mine were fake McAfee notifications. I'm not certain whether I was one of the people who were affected by the problem you posted about or if this was just coincidence.
This is something that makes its way into people's computers through fraudulent websites. It is usually done by prompting visitors with a “To confirm that you are not a bot, click YES I AM NOT A BOT” message. Once that's clicked, the pop-ups begin.
To stop this, go to System Preferences > Notifications, then check the list on the left for anything that shouldn't be there. You can turn off the Allow Notifications to stop the pop-ups but to get rid of it from the list you have to look for it in the Notifications settings of your web browser(s) and delete it.
Posted by: Keith S | Tuesday, 18 October 2022 at 07:11 PM