Re:Updated to High Sierra, all Admin accounts now Standard
by jheriko on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @02:46AM
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glad to see the suggested fix before the exploit is to use the standard google result from "how to hack a mac" and is by design.
OS X has never been secure in my experience other than through obscurity and lack of physical presence. it is the only OS that i have always been able to steal root from by googling how...
hopefully this will encourage people to take this a bit more seriously, and maybe apple to raise the bar to where linux or windows have it, where i can't 'just' google something dumb and break in with physical access and have to make a more serious effort.
OS X has never been secure in my experience other than through obscurity and lack of physical presence. it is the only OS that i have always been able to steal root from by googling how...
hopefully this will encourage people to take this a bit more seriously, and maybe apple to raise the bar to where linux or windows have it, where i can't 'just' google something dumb and break in with physical access and have to make a more serious effort.