Ask HN: Why is Mac still easy to backdoor?

[crypticlizard]

This link describes the process: https://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how-to/hacking-macos-configure-backdoor-anyones-macbook-0184637/

What I don't understand and why I'm asking this is, why isn't this patched? Should this be patched? What possible value or reason is there for it to be so easy to hack a mac not using filevault?

It appears that a firmware password prevents this problem. If this is so, then why isn't a firmware password more widely known about and encouraged?

[paraxisi]

Physical access is (nearly) always game over.

[slater]

I was gonna say, this is just another entry in the category of breathless "Given physical access, ..." articles that periodically make the rounds regarding Mac security

[muchofr]

This isn't really a hack, though.

It's more like "How to configure standard system tools to do stuff you want."

Potentially any modern O.S. will allow what is described in the article, if your privileges are root/admin.