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Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked

From "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk>
Newsgroups alt.computer.workshop, comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked
Date 2026-03-14 08:03 +0000
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On 14/03/2026 01:10, Brock McNuggets wrote:
> On Mar 13, 2026 at 5:10:31 PM MST, ""David B."" wrote
> <n1jnboFsgmpU1@mid.individual.net>:
> 
>> On 13/03/2026 23:43, Brock McNuggets wrote:
>>> On Mar 13, 2026 at 3:41:49 PM MST, ""David B."" wrote
>>> <n1ji5dFrnn7U1@mid.individual.net>:
>>>
>>>> On 13/03/2026 13:46, Brock McNuggets wrote:
>>>> [....]
>>>>> David,
>>>>>
>>>>> You’re not being asked to “stop using AI” because the points are
>>>>> irrefutable. You’re being asked to stop using it because it’s clearly
>>>>> generating confident-sounding explanations about topics you don’t actually
>>>>> understand. That’s not verification — it’s cargo-cult technical analysis.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let’s untangle a few things.<SNIP>
>>
>> Brock/Michael,
>>
>> Since you've moved this from a technical discussion to a personal
>> intervention,
> 
> This was never a technical discussion.
> 
>> let's be clear: we’ve been friends on Facebook for a long
>> time, and I stood by you during your divorce. You know better than
>> anyone that I don't act out of malice or a "vendetta."
> 
> I do not think you mean to cause harm -- but you are causing harm.
>>
>> However, in a technical workshop, friendship is not a substitute for
>> verification.
>>
>> You dismiss corporate filings as "trivia," but as an IFA, I see them
>> differently. Canimaan Software Ltd is a "Micro-Entity" in Edinburgh.
>> When such a small firm—handling global security subscriptions—shows
>> significant Director’s Loans on its balance sheet while relying on
>> "long-term workarounds" for kernel panics (as documented in their own
>> version history), that is a professional red flag. It isn't "harassment"
>> to point out that a company’s financial liquidity and technical
>> architecture are linked.
> 
> What has come of this?
[SNIP]

Michael,

You asked, "What has come of this?"

What has come of it is a formal recognition that the financial and
technical health of a security provider are inseparable. As an IFA, I
don’t ignore a "Micro-Entity" balance sheet dominated by five-figure
Director's Loans while the product itself relies on documented
"workarounds" for system-level stability issues.

I have taken the appropriate professional steps to ensure that the
financial side of this operation is reviewed by the relevant
authorities. If there is no wrongdoing, then there is no issue. But "the
truth will out," and users have a right to know if the company they
trust with their system's "Root" access is as stable as its marketing
suggests.

You call this "irrational focus." I call it professional accountability.
While you focus on protecting the "man," I will continue to focus on
protecting the "system."

Do you actually know what an IFA does in real life?

Here's a clue:-

An independent financial adviser or IFA can advise you on all financial
products that they think meet your needs. They are independent and
whole-of-market:
Independent means they aren't acting on behalf of any particular product,
provider or other body.Whole-of-market means they can consider various 
financial products from
multiple lenders.They act on behalf of you, the client, which means *the 
advice they give you must be impartial*.

https://www.money.co.uk/guides/5-steps-to-finding-an-ifa-you-can-trust

HTH. 😅
-- 
Kind regards,
David

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  Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2026-03-07 05:57 +0000
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          Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-08 04:42 +0000
        Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-08 04:48 +0000
      Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2026-03-08 04:28 +0000
    Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-03-07 08:24 +0000
      Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2026-03-08 04:28 +0000
        Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-03-08 20:04 +0000
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            Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-03-09 18:32 +0000
              Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-09 18:38 +0000
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                Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-03-10 00:11 +0000
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                Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-03-10 21:35 +0000
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                Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-11 14:03 +0000
                Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-03-11 14:32 +0000
                Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-12 01:43 +0000
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                Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-03-12 15:16 +0000
                Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-12 15:54 +0000
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