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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs
Date: 4 Aug 2015 16:43:26 GMT
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On 2015-08-04, billy@MIX.COM <billy@MIX.COM> wrote:
> http://www.wired.com/2015/08/researchers-create-first-firmware-worm-attacks-macs/
>
>| THE COMMON WISDOM when it comes to PCs and Apple computers is
>| that the latter are much more secure.  Particularly when it comes
>| to firmware, people have assumed that Apple systems are locked down
>| in ways that PCs aren't.
>|
>| It turns out this isn't true.  [...]

Wrong. That ain't "wisdom". On the contrary, it's quite foolish.

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