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Comment by ShadowBanThis01 | Hacker News Reader

I considered installing this, but decided not to trust my security information to an unknown group.

I'm not taking a position on OCLP being trustworthy or not, but at least the project appears to be 100% open source [0], which is more than we can say about Apple.

[0] https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher

I don't have the time or expertise to pore through all the relevant code, and have no insight as to the code-review protocols of this group. They may be on top of it, but I'm not risking my net worth on it.

That's what Big Tech wants you to think. Keeps you on their leash.

There's a whole world out there beyond their walled gardens.

"Those who give up freedom for security deserve neither."

It's not a black and white issue easily swept under the rug by an elitist platitude about what the cowering masses deserve. There's a lot of installation cases (older hardware -> newest systems) where System Integrity Protection will be partially lowered by default[1], and most installations will need to keep it that way.

That needn't be a show stopper, but before somebody starts patching with OCLP, some deliberation about their threat model and their macOS security expectations would be healthy. Specially for hand-me-down hardware that ends up in less tech-savvy hands.

[1] https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/POST-INST...

Exactly. I use (and support) lots of open-source software and trust it. But a hacked OS is too fundamental, and I don't want to have to remember, "Oh yeah, don't do any banking on this."

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