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		nixpulvis 12 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can you trust that permission pop-up on macOS? The tradeoff between security and extensibility is something which seems to be unavoidable. But the goalposts have moved a bit. At least macOS is not plagued with malicious processes like was common on windows. Or maybe I'm just careful?

skinkestek 12 months ago [–]

Neither was Windows if you knew what you were doing.

I ran Windows XP for years without antivirus back in the early 2000s and so did others.

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