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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:

• GordonS 6y ago
  That's terrible, but it's not the fault of the OS vendor; presumably such a malware could be distributed with any OS.
  • pilsetnieks 6y ago
    Ironically, it couldn't be with macOS, which this whole thread is about avoiding.
    • ric2b 6y ago
      It certainly could if Apple wanted to do the same thing that Lenovo did.
    • Thorrez 6y ago
      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.