The technological incompetence of the cheeto crime organization is utterly unsurprising. The only thing they are good at is grift, and really, they could be much more effective at achieving their goals with just a few more functioning neurons. Thankfully, evil and intelligence don't often travel together.
theamigan
joined 2 years ago
Every accusation is a confession.
Don't impugn all journalism. Newsweek has fallen mightily. It's a second rate, secondary source rag now.
This has been on my list of things to do for some time. I took a look at the API calls once and it seems they purposefully obfuscate doing a manual call.
By definition, if you don't feel like putting in the homework, you are ceding control to someone else. At that point, all bets are off. Even trustworthy entities can turn on a dime. Ease and full control are mutually exclusive.
What exactly do you want to achieve in terms of security?
I'm beginning to think many people here just want to throw money at a vague concept of "security" without having a crumb of a threat model in mind.
For now. I really think Apple has been letting the entire macos experience decay on purpose. Then, they'll release a self-hosting xcode for iPad and old yeller the mac for good, as I am sure they have been dreaming of for years.