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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by ac29 on Monday October 30, 2023 @10:57PM (#38079690)
It should still be able to run an up to date web browser though, right?

If one is that concerned about someone exploiting an OS level security flaw to exfiltrate their online banking credentials (wildly unlikely), they should just be doing that stuff in a VM or similarly isolated environment anyways.

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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by josephcsible on Monday October 30, 2023 @11:08PM (#38079773)
> It should still be able to run an up to date web browser though, right?

For a while, yes, but the browser being up-to-date doesn't make an EOL OS safe to expose to the Internet.

> If one is that concerned about someone exploiting an OS level security flaw to exfiltrate their online banking credentials (wildly unlikely), they should just be doing that stuff in a VM or similarly isolated environment anyways.

Just doing sensitive stuff in a VM isn't good protection at all, since a malicious host can trivially compromise the guest.

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