Timeline for How to limit my Mac's exposure to malware?
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| Apr 1, 2013 at 13:38 | answer | added | athena | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 11, 2012 at 0:00 | answer | added | Graham Perrin | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 10, 2012 at 22:35 | comment | added | Graham Perrin | For link purposes: apple.stackexchange.com/q/141/8546 apple.stackexchange.com/q/7558/8546 apple.stackexchange.com/q/12638/8546 apple.stackexchange.com/q/37642/8546 apple.stackexchange.com/q/45931/8546 | |
| Apr 10, 2012 at 20:37 | vote | accept | JW8 | ||
| Apr 10, 2012 at 20:33 | comment | added | JW8 | @DanielL, you raise a good point - there's only so much that a machine can be secured before it's unusable. | |
| Apr 10, 2012 at 19:57 | comment | added | Daniel♦ | @Reid If I could think of how to do that, I'd post it as an answer, not a comment. :-) | |
| Apr 10, 2012 at 18:58 | comment | added | Reid | @Daniel, I wonder if there's a way to rephrase that useful point yet avoid the "don't use your machine" canard. | |
| Apr 10, 2012 at 7:06 | history | edited | gentmatt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 10, 2012 at 1:48 | comment | added | Daniel♦ | For maximum security, unplug your machine. Machines that are powered down and have no connection to any input devices generally avoid malware. Sadly, anything that can serve as a source of desirable input can also serve as a source of undesirable input. As the answers below correctly observe, there are many practices that improve security, but it's all a trade-off: maximum security is completely unusable, and maximum usability compromises security. What trade-off is right for you may not be the right answer for someone else (which doesn't mean this isn't a good question -- it is). | |
| Apr 10, 2012 at 0:54 | answer | added | Alexander | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 9, 2012 at 13:48 | answer | added | gentmatt | timeline score: 20 | |
| Apr 9, 2012 at 12:50 | answer | added | Bor | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 9, 2012 at 7:18 | answer | added | Marc Edwards | timeline score: 10 | |
| Apr 9, 2012 at 4:49 | answer | added | geekosaur | timeline score: 8 | |
| Apr 9, 2012 at 4:44 | history | asked | JW8 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |