The macOS system must disable dictation.

STIG ID: APPL-14-002230 |  SRG: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 |  Severity: medium |  CCI:  | Vulnerability Id: V-259531

Vulnerability Discussion

Dictation must be disabled on Intel-based Macs as the feature On Device Dictation is only available on Apple Silicon devices.

Check

Configure the macOS system to disable dictation by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.

Fix

For Apple Silicon-based systems, this is not applicable.

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable dictation with the following command:

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\
.objectForKey('allowDictation').js
EOS

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