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Comment I wouldn't trust them (Score 1) 202

It's been known for a while that their "Filevault" has a corporate key (allegedly for employees but wouldn't it work for anyone?) to unlock it.
Of course if you're a smart criminal you aren't using this sort of tech or if you are you have a second level of protection.

Considering the timing of the Apple "bugs" such as the SSL fiasco why would anyone think they are protected in any way while using using Apple gear?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sci...

http://daringfireball.net/2014...

Comment Knew this (Score 0) 254

In the last 5 years the only hits I ever got with McAfee or Kaspersky were for legit files (heuristic fumbling in the dark) or the EICAR file.

I use Virtualbox VM's (and a different OS than the host, the more obscure the better) to do all my web surfing and routinely delete then replace the pristine VM, the important stuff (banking, whatnot) gets done on the host and that's all that I do on the host.
No rootkits, "virus", or malware in 5 years (that I can detect of course).

At first it was a hassle, but now I have it polished down to "slim mode" and no expansion on the one bar that shows on the host.

To sum up, anti-virus is essentially worthless for me, as is any "malware" detection app because they have never had a hit.

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