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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Safe to Delete Photos.app?
Date: 6 Oct 2015 01:26:10 GMT
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On 2015-10-06, David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-10-05, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>> >
>> > I believe that Apple supplied apps are SIP protected to prevent them
>> > being hacked (both on disk and during execution).
>> 
>> Really? According to whom?
>
> According to Apple.
>
> https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Security/Conceptual/System_Integrity_Protection_Guide/Introduction/Introduction.html
>
> (Yes, I know the URL and heading say it is in the iOS developer library,
> but it is documenting the OS X feature.)
>
> Under "File System Protections":
>
> [quote]
> Apple app directories in /Applications are restricted to the system.
> [/quote]

Ok. Thanks. : )

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