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I love how this is offered fully in Chinese, and that reminds me of something. Every operating system like macOS has its place, no matter what one's threat mode
by mindfulhack 6y ago
I love how this is offered fully in Chinese, and that reminds me of something. Every operating system like macOS has its place, no matter what one's threat model is. Don't just say 'move to Linux if you're really worried about security or privacy'.
Maybe someone in China or another authoritarian regime needs to look less suspicious on the outside by using macOS instead of Linux. For those people, this information is gold.
BTW, this is indeed the famous Github guide many of us have known for years, just now renamed and updated.
2016 HN discussion of it with the old title, 'A practical guide to securing macOS': https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13023823 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13023823
- AsyncAwait 6y ago> Maybe someone in China or another authoritarian regime needs to look less suspicious on the outside by using macOS instead of Linux. There's even an official Chinese Ubuntu spin. You're probably more suspicious with macOS, since these tend to be in the hands of high-profile businessmen and such.
- beenBoutIT 6y agoIn an authoritarian regime everyone with a computer looks suspicious.
- seniorivn 6y agoquite the opposite, in a mass surveillance state anyone without virtual personality fingerprint and tracking data is suspicious
- Shared404 6y agoHow about: In an authoritarian regime/mass surveillance state everyone is suspicious?
- stjohnswarts 6y agoIn an authoritarian regime everyone looks suspicious because by definition the government trusts no one except themselves and even then it's not very true.
- paulcarroty 6y ago> Don't just say 'move to Linux if you're really worried about security or privacy'. In China Linux rocks exactly in security & privacy like "lone star". Windows - shitload of telemetry by design; macOS & iOS - there's no secret anymore about Chinese iCloud & Chinese government.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoIf I were in China doing anything even slightly over the line, windows telemetry would be the least of my worries, keeping my vital organs and freedom would be at the top.