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I feel like this article was all over the place. Also, this person was really running a macOS box raw on the Internet, no firewall, nothing? :/

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He also had that computer configured to download system updates automatically, but not to install them.

On the plus side, at least he didn't run the AI agent on the computer with all of his personal data.

He had enabled a setting that says "Install [...] security updates". If enabling that setting does not lead to the system installing security updates, that's on Apple.

System updates also include security fixes.

Which is not apparent if you give them an explicitly labelled separate toggle.

I guess Apple could do what Microsoft did and take away the user's ability to control system updates.

However, this user made the choice to turn off the installation of system updates manually, based on a false assumption.

This user turned off the installation of system updates, because Apple labelled a control incorrectly.

"Thank god the causes told me about the effects!"

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