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varispeed 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple Platform Security (Jan 2026) [pdf]

Claiming reduced attack surface without showing which exploit classes are actually eliminated is faith, not security.

And Lockdown Mode is usually enabled _after_ user suspects targeting.

goalieca 5 months ago [–]

If you did RTFA for this story, you’ll see on page 67 what I pasted with a link to the support article describing to end users exactly what’s blocked. It does greatly reduce the attack surface.

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