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I considered installing this, but decided not to trust my security information to an unknown group.

• paws 3y ago
  I'm not taking a position on OCLP being trustworthy or not, but at least the project appears to be 100% open source [0], which is more than we can say about Apple. [0] https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher
  • ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
    I don't have the time or expertise to pore through all the relevant code, and have no insight as to the code-review protocols of this group. They may be on top of it, but I'm not risking my net worth on it.
• userbinator 3y ago
  That's what Big Tech wants you to think. Keeps you on their leash. There's a whole world out there beyond their walled gardens. "Those who give up freedom for security deserve neither."
  • gxnxcxcx 3y ago
    It's not a black and white issue easily swept under the rug by an elitist platitude about what the cowering masses deserve. There's a lot of installation cases (older hardware -> newest systems) where System Integrity Protection will be partially lowered by default[1], and most installations will need to keep it that way. That needn't be a show stopper, but before somebody starts patching with OCLP, some deliberation about their threat model and their macOS security expectations would be healthy. Specially for hand-me-down hardware that ends up in less tech-savvy hands. [1] https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/POST-INSTALL.html#enabling-sip https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/POST-INST...
    • ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
      Exactly. I use (and support) lots of open-source software and trust it. But a hacked OS is too fundamental, and I don't want to have to remember, "Oh yeah, don't do any banking on this."