{"slug": "linux-removes-support-for-legacy-appletalk-protocol-in-response-to-ai-patches", "title": "Linux Removes Support for Legacy AppleTalk Protocol in Response to AI Patches", "summary": "The Linux kernel has removed support for the legacy AppleTalk protocol after a surge of AI-generated patches targeted the code, reducing the attack surface and improving security.", "body_md": "[fria](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/u/fria)\n1\nA surge of AI-generated patches in the Linux kernel has resulted in the [removal](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Drops-AppleTalk) of support for older protocols, the latest of which being AppleTalk.\n\nThis is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/06/18/linux-removes-support-for-legacy-appletalk-protocol-in-response-to-ai-patches/](https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/06/18/linux-removes-support-for-legacy-appletalk-protocol-in-response-to-ai-patches/)\n1 Like\n\nThey’re improving security by reducing attack surface. Smart move. Same practice GrapheneOS often follows, like their ability to altogether disable legacy cellular network protocols", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-removes-support-for-legacy-appletalk-protocol-in-response-to-ai-patches", "canonical_source": "https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/linux-removes-support-for-legacy-appletalk-protocol-in-response-to-ai-patches/38600#post_2", "published_at": "2026-06-18 01:55:30+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-18 01:56:24.160598+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Linux", "AppleTalk", "GrapheneOS"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-removes-support-for-legacy-appletalk-protocol-in-response-to-ai-patches", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-removes-support-for-legacy-appletalk-protocol-in-response-to-ai-patches.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-removes-support-for-legacy-appletalk-protocol-in-response-to-ai-patches.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-removes-support-for-legacy-appletalk-protocol-in-response-to-ai-patches.jsonld"}}