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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by Thorrez on Thursday November 12, 2020 @11:50PM (#25079002)
My Lenovo Windows laptop came installed with malware that MITMed all my https connections and also allowed anyone else to MITM all my https connections.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfish#Lenovo_security_inci...

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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by GordonS on Friday November 13, 2020 @04:18AM (#25080570)
That's terrible, but it's not the fault of the OS vendor; presumably such a malware could be distributed with any OS.
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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by pilsetnieks on Friday November 13, 2020 @05:34AM (#25080951)
Ironically, it couldn't be with macOS, which this whole thread is about avoiding.
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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by ric2b on Friday November 13, 2020 @07:50AM (#25081612)
It certainly could if Apple wanted to do the same thing that Lenovo did.
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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by Thorrez on Friday November 13, 2020 @10:30PM (#25090083)
Would MacOS actually have prevented it? Would Superfish just have simply signed the binary? Sure it wouldn't have started up when the Apple servers are down, but that's a very small percent of the time.
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