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lapcat • today at 3:59 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> Muse being able to exfiltrate the contents of your messages db doesn’t compromise system integrity to begin with.

I care more about the integrity of my personal privacy than I do about the integrity of the "system". The point of the system is to serve me.

> And OP had SIP enabled, but his system still got compromised with a remote exploit.

Nobody said that SIP magically prevents macOS bugs and security vulnerabilities.


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brigade • today at 4:40 PM

Protection from the sort of malware OP was hit with is the most commonly cited dire warning against disabling SIP. I just assumed that was also the reason you were against disabling SIP in order to grant permissions to software you intentionally installed.

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