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Also slots nicely under the "failure of an OS" category. Legislation like this forces Apple to actually maintain a good OS lest it be riddled with malware. The
by Drew_ 5y ago
Also slots nicely under the "failure of an OS" category.
Legislation like this forces Apple to actually maintain a good OS lest it be riddled with malware. They seem to be doing fine on macOS they can do the same for iOS.
- judge2020 5y agoCraig Federighi said it himself that the level of malware on MacOS is unacceptable[0]. It's impossible to make a completely secure OS that never has bugs - it's less impossible to create a review system with rules and processes that limits the amount of user-downloaded malware to single-digit numbers. 0: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/19/apples-head-of-software-says-current-level-of-mac-malware-is-not-acceptable.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/19/apples-head-of-software-says...
- Drew_ 5y agoCraig Federighi is a very powerful executive doing everything in his power to protect his company's business model. That includes lying as he did in that court. Craig uses a Mac everyday he's fine with it's security.
- judge2020 5y agoI'm sure his MDM-enforced gatekeeper setting is on "Apps downloaded from the App Store" and not in the default position that includes "and identified developers". https://support.apple.com/guide/mdm/security-privacy-payload-settings-mdm61dc030/1/web/1.0#:~:text=Configure%20Gatekeeper%20settings https://support.apple.com/guide/mdm/security-privacy-payload...