Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderGuide should probably mention automatically updated Chrome extensions. There have been multiple cases where the owner of a popular extension sold it to a 3rd party that pushed out malicious updates. Tab Manager is the most recent instance that comes to mind: http://security.stackexchange.com/a/130600 Chrome does disable extensions when an update requires new permissions, but that won't catch malicious updates to extensions that require extensive permissions for basic functionality.
This has popped up a bunch of times before: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=macOS%20Security%20and%20Priva... It's not good. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17904304
There is some seriously folkloric jibber-jabber in here. For instance, you do not need to wait until after installation to enable FileVault because "there is more entropy available to the system". Nor can you test the security of a CSPRNG by running "ent" on it! In the same vein: don't run out and sign up for a commercial OpenVPN hosting service, and for Christ's sake don't install AV software on your Mac. I kind of love how this is like…
Previous discussion (111 days ago): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13023823
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 1046
- Total comments
- 207
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-11-09 | MacOS Security and Privacy Guide | stevekinney | 3 | 0 |
| 2016-11-23 | A practical guide to securing macOSFirst breakout · Best thread | DemiGuru | 633 | 84 |
| 2017-03-13 | A practical guide to securing macOS | rbanffy | 25 | 2 |
| 2018-09-03 | A practical guide to securing macOS | migueldemoura | 62 | 32 |
| 2020-08-22 | macOS Security and Privacy GuideHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | Nginx487 | 323 | 89 |