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Title: How Safe Is the Mac App Store? Privacy-Violating Apps Uncovered
Post by: HCK on September 11, 2018, 04:05:12 pm
How Safe Is the Mac App Store? Privacy-Violating Apps Uncovered

Security professionals often advise users that Apple's Mac App Store is one of the safest places to download apps. After all, Apple has a review process that's supposed to help prevent potentially harmful apps from ever being published. Additionally, App Store apps are sandboxed, which is supposed to limit apps' ability to engage in undesirable behavior. Together, Apple's app review process and […]

Source: How Safe Is the Mac App Store? Privacy-Violating Apps Uncovered (https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/how-safe-is-the-mac-app-store-privacy-violating-apps-uncovered/)