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On 15 Mar 2024 22:18:48 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

> To be successfully attacked by malware, a Mac user must interactively
> download the malware to their computer

That's dead wrong.

There have been *plenty* of zero-day zero-click no-interaction holes in
Apple's operating systems, Jolly Roger, where the user does nothing at all.

Most of them appear to be in Apple's defective kernel & webkit though.

But you can see the _exploited_ ones in this listing if you like:
 <https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog>