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Oliver Haslam

Researcher claims a key Mac security feature can be bypassed and Apple won't fix it

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Apple takes the security of its phones, computers, and tablets seriously, but one researcher says that there's one known flaw that it hasn't yet gotten around to fixing.

That security flaw affects Macs around the globe and relates to vulnerabilities in Apple's macOS Background Task Management system, a feature that is supposed to warn people if an app tries to become persistent, ensuring that it can run without the user's knowledge.

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