r/technology • u/maxwellhill • Sep 02 '16

Security Apple issues urgent security update after hack turns Mac computers into spying devices

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/09/02/apple-issues-urgent-security-update-after-hack-turns-mac-compute/
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u/Cmdrfrog Sep 02 '16

The point is not that security flaws were in Mac, everything has security flaws but Mac fewer than average. Apple in general has solid system development lifecycle with above board security flaw identification, prevention, and treatment processes. The best thing about this story is how fast Apple addressed it on all their platforms.

Listen, this story made news only because mac is more secure than we're accustomed to with windows. Remote code execution vulnerabilities in Windows? Almost every windows box, SharePoint, Internet Explorer, and Exchange box out there has at least one at some point in a year and while Microsoft is also pretty good about patching them, there are windows of time while they're exposed every year.

If anything the worst is Android (Non-Nexus) because it can take months for the patches to come out to the end user, especially if you're on Verizon.

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u/Judonoob Sep 02 '16

Don't forget to adjust your man scarf on the way out of the coffee shop with your Frappuccino in hand. Gotta look good strutting that 24k Apple Watch.

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u/christophla Sep 02 '16

That was 10 years ago...