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by 4ndrewl 273 days ago
I believe they're saying it can open, it just can't send the data anywhere.

Seems a little excessive, but here we are.
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notpushkin 273 days ago
It still can encrypt everything and demand you pay some ₿₿₿₿.
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lxgr 273 days ago
If it can open and write any file on the OS, it's pretty much game over. Too many ways to exfiltrate data even without network/socket access.
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HSO 273 days ago
Worse, what keeps this from editing the config files for Little Snitch (or similar blockers)?
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TomaszZielinski 273 days ago
I believe LS has some protections against this. Never tried them, but there are config related security options, incl. protection against synthetic events. So they definitely put some thought into that.
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4ndrewl 273 days ago
File system permissions?
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