162: ‘Special Bullying Venue’ With Glenn Fleishman
The Talk Show With John Gruber
John Gruber
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🗓️ 23 July 2016
⏱️ 159 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Every Mac user is the smuggest bastard in the world. |
| 0:03.7 | Viruses are never in effect. |
| 0:05.4 | So we're immune, whatever. |
| 0:06.7 | And the reality, of course, is some people feel that way. |
| 0:09.1 | Most people who've looked at the situation |
| 0:11.3 | and all know that we're not immune. |
| 0:14.2 | We're just really lucky. |
| 0:15.1 | It's just the target's been small. |
| 0:16.6 | Apple does a good job upgrading and pushing people to upgrade. |
| 0:19.9 | They support systems back many years. |
| 0:22.3 | The target is so small, they're usually not worthwhile |
| 0:25.5 | for malware makers to target us. |
| 0:27.7 | So that's been our immunity is because we're insignificant |
| 0:31.4 | as a target, not necessarily in absolute numbers. |
| 0:33.8 | So this new thing is this group at Cisco, TALOS, |
| 0:37.4 | or TALOS. |
| 0:38.0 | They are one of many security firms. |
| 0:40.7 | It's constantly researching for weaknesses, usually, |
| 0:43.2 | to help clients. |
| 0:44.1 | They are trying to make sure their clients are protected. |
| 0:46.8 | They find something. |
| 0:47.7 | Just fella who had some communication with Tyler Bowen |
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