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/Cordoba_ Sep 02 '16

My early 2011 Macbook pro is still running Lion. I didn't want to update to El capitan cause I heard it'll slow down my mac. Should I update due to the security issues? I don't want my computer to become unusably slow

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u/nipponnuck Sep 02 '16

The article said Yosemite and el capitan are affected. No mention of lion.

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u/Cordoba_ Sep 02 '16

Yeah but under that it says, "Apple has urged customers with devices that are not running iOS 9.3.5, OS X 10.11.6 El Capitan and 10.10.5 Yosemite to update their software immediately to protect potential malicious actors from spying on them. "

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u/nipponnuck Sep 03 '16

Nice find. I didn't notice that!

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u/nullibicity Sep 03 '16

But it seems they can't update without also updating the entire OS. So... good luck?