After an unfortunate incident three years ago, RSRs were put on pause. Now they’ve been rebadged as BSIs, what is wrong with their current implementation? The list is long.
BSI
What is a BSI? Is it the same as an RSR? How does it patch vulnerabilities, and how is it installed and activated? What problems does it have, and what are its limitations?
Apple has just released its first public Background Security Improvement (BSI) for macOS 26.3.1 Tahoe, labelled as BSI […]
Two big disappointments: the new Liquid Glass control does nothing to address the problems, and Background Security Improvements haven’t learned from mistakes with RSRs.
If you have updated your Mac to Tahoe 26.1, you may be blissfully unaware that it will now […]
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