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Re:No, it wasn’t a virus; it was Chrome that stopped Macs fr... by favorited on Thursday September 26, 2019 @01:47PM (#21083408)
Thankfully, with SIP, they don't.
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Re:No, it wasn’t a virus; it was Chrome that stopped Macs fr... by MuffinFlavored on Thursday September 26, 2019 @02:32PM (#21083956)
edit: not https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_Initiation_Protocol, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Integrity_Protection for anybody else
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Re:No, it wasn’t a virus; it was Chrome that stopped Macs fr... by cpeterso on Thursday September 26, 2019 @02:35PM (#21083995)
In this context, SIP is macOS's "System Integrity Protection", not the Session Initiation Protocol:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Integrity_Protection

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Re:No, it wasn’t a virus; it was Chrome that stopped Macs fr... by Doctor_Fegg on Thursday September 26, 2019 @02:34PM (#21083973)
Nope, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Integrity_Protection .
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Re:No, it wasn’t a virus; it was Chrome that stopped Macs fr... by romwell on Thursday September 26, 2019 @02:37PM (#21084022)
This is why excessive TLA usage is bad.
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Re:No, it wasn’t a virus; it was Chrome that stopped Macs fr... by magashna on Thursday September 26, 2019 @03:41PM (#21084701)
What do you have against that little Alaskan airport?
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Re:No, it wasn’t a virus; it was Chrome that stopped Macs fr... by jkeuhlen on Thursday September 26, 2019 @03:01PM (#21084290)
Well, they use this acronym in the article so it makes perfect sense in context.
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Re:No, it wasn’t a virus; it was Chrome that stopped Macs fr... by weberc2 on Thursday September 26, 2019 @03:40PM (#21084688)
The article defines the acronym:

> SIP, as system integrity protection is usually abbreviated, was introduced in 2015

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