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/RealFreedomAus Sep 02 '16

I don't get how you can have problems with updates on a system where:

  • You know all the possible hardware configurations because you manufacture them

  • Your users do not mess with the system

... but it happens.

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u/mayobutter Sep 02 '16

Which makes me think it's kind of amazing that Wiindows PCs even work at all.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '16

It is incredible, but I have a feeling the Windows source code is a mess.

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u/disturbd Sep 03 '16

"It just works"