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Isn't a "little" insecure having to rely on random kext and random internet files to run your base system? Or are they always open source or something? I know v
by youseecomrade 8y ago
Isn't a "little" insecure having to rely on random kext and random internet files to run your base system? Or are they always open source or something? I know very little about MacOS
- chrisper 8y agoA lot of them are open source. But many of the kext come from reputable people from the community. Obviously there is always a risk.
- ryanlol 8y agoIt's not that different from running any software from the internet.
- youseecomrade 8y ago"[..] They (kexts) run at the OS's highest privilege level; ring-0."
- ryanlol 8y agoWhy would that significantly increase risk?
- youseecomrade 8y ago> It's not that different from running any software from the internet. I don't run "any" software as root or with even more privileges, so I would classify random kexts from the web as a highly critical threat. Of course you could be victim of an exploit even without willingly granting privileges but that's not really relevant.
- scintill76 8y agoObligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1200/ https://xkcd.com/1200/