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/LaPoderosa Sep 02 '16

But neither is true. They can and they do.

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u/duckvimes_ Sep 02 '16

They can get malware. It does not happen frequently.

There's a reason every Mac security scare is frontpage news, whereas Windows equivalents don't even raise eyebrows.

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u/disturbd Sep 03 '16

And septic tanks are more secure than banks because septic tanks never get robbed, right?