STIGUI
V-268527CAT II — Medium severitySV-268527r1034521_rule

The macOS system must disable sending Siri and Dictation information to Apple.

Rule version APPL-15-002210 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

The ability for Apple to store and review audio of Siri and Dictation interactions must be disabled.

The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Disabling the submission of Siri and Dictation information will mitigate the risk of unwanted data being sent to Apple.

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable sending Siri and Dictation information to Apple with the following command:

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.assistant.support')\ .objectForKey('Siri Data Sharing Opt-In Status').js EOS

If the result is not "2", this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable sending Siri and Dictation information to Apple by installing the "com.apple.assistant.support" configuration profile.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-268527
Group title
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
Rule ID
SV-268527r1034521_rule
Check ID
C-72557r1034519_chk
Fix ID
F-72458r1034520_fix