Why “SIP” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
TCC throws up vista-style warning prompts everywhere, so to bypass them he opened up remote desktop so he could manually dismiss them, which then got exploited via a recent pre-…
by krackers · Oct 5, 2026
> If you're arguing that SIP isn't a useful defense against malware No? I'm not. SIP is of course not a universal defense against every possible kind of attack, but did anyone e…
by lapcat · Oct 5, 2026
If you're arguing that SIP isn't a useful defense against malware, I agree there. Sandboxing full disk reads is orthogonal to what SIP actually provides. It's entirely possible…
by brigade · Oct 5, 2026
> Protection from the sort of malware OP was hit with is the most commonly cited dire warning against disabling SIP. I just assumed that was also the reason you were against dis…
by lapcat · Oct 5, 2026
> I don't understand the purpose of your reply? to illustrate, counter to the HN narrative, they've actually done a lot to keep the platform open to hackers and hobbyists. Sure,…
by john_alan · Oct 5, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "sip" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "sip" over time.
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