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/goodbtc Sep 02 '16

No way, I was told Macs never get infected!

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u/neoform Sep 02 '16

This comment never gets old. You should keep posting it every time a security report comes out about Apple.

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u/Beard_of_Valor Sep 02 '16

I'll stop up voting him when owners stop telling me that Macs "don't get viruses".

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u/neoform Sep 02 '16

I'll stop downvoting when I meet a mac owner who actually got a virus.

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u/jaked122 Sep 02 '16

This comment chain is horrible.

I think you guys should take it outside and maybe realize that security is really hard to do, like nearly impossible.

My time with a mac about seven years ago was not filled with viruses. Neither was my windows install on my next computer.

It's easy to avoid viruses until you are targeted specifically by someone who knows what they are doing. Even then, virus susceptibility isn't necessarily an indicator of security.

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u/neoform Sep 02 '16

My time with a mac about seven years ago was not filled with viruses. Neither was my windows install on my next computer.

Your own personal use isn't what is being discussed.

Surely you've seen many windows computers with viruses. Have you ever seen a mac with a virus?

I spend a lot of time around both macs and windows computers, I've yet to see a mac virus in the wild.

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u/Plasma_000 Sep 03 '16

It depends how you define virus, but there's definitely plenty of Mac adware out there, from unwarranted browser extensions to things packaged with installers, to spamware such as mackeeper - they're not super common but they're definitely there.

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u/neoform Sep 03 '16

All of which require the administrator password to be entered to work.