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I think in some cases (or even many) such vulnerabilities are deliberately implemented to satisfy (secret) NSA requirements.  I don’t believe major global mega-corporations like Apple are that incompetent to miss such alarming total vulnerabilities as frequently as they do.  This one is right up there.

I think what happens is they remain in the wild until discovered, and then they patch and replace them with other similar exploits, and sit back and wait for them to be discovered too.  They likely have prepared a bunch of NSA-demanded back doors that they can roll out quickly.

I don’t think it explains all cases however because sometimes Apple are really slow to patch exploits and even let them remain in the wild despite being given adequate notice by security researchers.  Or perhaps that is even further evidence.

I’m very suspicious at how lax these software can be at times.  The post is right.  If a single person can do it in his spare time in 6 months, imagine what a team of state-sponsored hackers working full-time can accomplish?

I can only assume that since there's a lengthy review with professional photos ready on launch day, that AI (like the other big tech sites) manage to get review units early from Apple.  As such, I don't personally care much for these launch-day reviews unless I can see in full the agreement and conditions required and imposed by Apple.  I doubt very much that you're willing to show us this.

Having said that, we're in for some interesting times ahead.  I think the target market for these first ARM Macs tend not to want or need Boot Camp or external GPU support, or run demanding professional software that hasn't yet been ported or optimised.  For them, there are few if any reasons to hold back.  I believe it that even a lot of software running in Rosetta 2 will feel or run faster with better battery life than the previous low-power Intel models, except perhaps for the Mac mini.

To be honest, the iPad Pro would be more compelling if it could run macOS.  Maybe that’s what this is about.

anantksundaram said: Don't get me wrong, I think it looks nice, but some grand design convergence, it ain't. 

Nor should it.  I think they did a good job.  It's still very much macOS, but it just feels fresh.  The most fresh it's felt since the very first OS X that Jobs described as "lickable".  It also feels very responsive.  It's been inspired by some of the design language in iOS, but apart from that it's still functionally mostly the same as macOS has been since the beginning.  Control Centre and Widgets are the most iOS-looking things.  There's been widgets in the previous few releases but this new one takes away the background and gives them a rounded edge like the new iOS.

Sadly, they opted not to tone down drop shadows at all!

First impressions are pretty positive.  The "More space" UI scale on my 16" MacBook is more usable now.  Previously the text was a bit too small.  Icons are ok I guess.  I had to move the Messages and FaceTime icons apart on the Dock because they look almost indistinguishable at first glance.  Not good to have them next to one another.

It's hard to comment too much more than that.  But no major issues.