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jamesfmilne on July 3, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Windows 10 will use protected folders to thwart cr...

macOS already does this.

System Integrity Protection.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204899

[edit] apologies, indeed, SIP only protects system files, which is not what this article is about.

Shank on July 3, 2017 [–]

This is about protecting user files and areas, not the system files. A user level ransomware can indeed encrypt all /home/$user contents on macOS just as easily as it can C:\Users\$user on Windows.

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