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No stores. Web install. Web first class... Permission layer, app runtime heuristics, and fingerprints are a start. How does that work? If it's open web downloa

No stores. Web install. Web first class... Permission layer, app runtime heuristics, and fingerprints are a start. How does that work? If it's open web download and install with no notarization (because that's also gatekeeping) then we're back to the good ol' days of the 90's and early 00's. In other words, anything goes and it's up to the user to keep themselves secure, which in practice means rampant security failures and users getting scammed and hit with ransomware at every turn. I don't like Apple having so much control over everything. I really preferred the old days of the web and the anything goes, full control over my computers I had back then. But the web is absolutely way nastier today. It's jam packed with scammers and ransomware gangs and botnets. It's really quite sad and frustrating for anyone who grew up with the full potential of computing.

lamontcg 3y ago
I still use MacOS and Linux, which is still the "old days" and its been 20+ years since the last time I had issues with getting hacked. A lot of the solution is just not to install random shit out of app stores, and to install software that has a good reputation (and use adblockers on search engines like google so you don't click on trojan ads). If you scroll down to the 10th page of the listings for 2048-clone games and install something at random you're probably going to get hacked.
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago
  I had a friend that just got pretty severely pwned on his Mac. They installed some kind of DNS redirector, so, when he thought he was contacting Apple, he was actually talking to a scammer. Their customer service was great, which I told him, should have been a red flag. In any case, he was able to extricate himself from the scammers, but not before they had grabbed a bunch of PiD, so he’s still dealing with the whole identity theft issue. Not sure how he got owned. Likely, some drive-by malware on a Web site. He basically uses Safari as his operating system.

lamontcg 3y ago

I still use MacOS and Linux, which is still the "old days" and its been 20+ years since the last time I had issues with getting hacked. A lot of the solution is just not to install random shit out of app stores, and to install software that has a good reputation (and use adblockers on search engines like google so you don't click on trojan ads). If you scroll down to the 10th page of the listings for 2048-clone games and install something at random you're probably going to get hacked.

ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago
I had a friend that just got pretty severely pwned on his Mac. They installed some kind of DNS redirector, so, when he thought he was contacting Apple, he was actually talking to a scammer. Their customer service was great, which I told him, should have been a red flag. In any case, he was able to extricate himself from the scammers, but not before they had grabbed a bunch of PiD, so he’s still dealing with the whole identity theft issue. Not sure how he got owned. Likely, some drive-by malware on a Web site. He basically uses Safari as his operating system.