Mac applications can record EVERYTHING you do

Mac apps can exploit a macOS vulnerability that allows them to record everything we do on our computer screens.

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applications for Mac I can record everything you do on the company computer Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), without ever having any suspicion that your activity is being monitored. The information comes from a researcher in computer security, he affirms that Mac users are in real danger, even if the applications are limited to work according to Apple's rules.

According to it, Mac applications can take screenshots while we use our computers, can see everything even if they are open in the background and can even access the monitors connected to the Mac. Those applications can run in the background and software that scans Mac screens to detect writing, so all kinds of passwords and sensitive information can be stolen.

According to the researcher in computer security, including the applications published in the AppStore, they can do this monitoring without us knowing, the Apple company still being able to block them. Why Apple doesn't do it alone, no one knows, but it seems quite clear that the Americans didn't check macOS very well to close all the existing security loopholes.

"This project is a proof of concept and should not be used in production. The goal is to highlight a privacy loophole that can be abused by Mac apps. There are lots of valid use-cases for Mac apps to record the screen, eg 1Password 2fA support or screen recording software, however there must be some kind of control. A developer just needs to use CGWindowListCreateImage to generate a capture of the complete screen within an instant."

Unfortunately, it seems that at the moment there is no method for users to protect themselves against any exploitation of this kind by a hacker. In this idea, any kind of Mac is exposed to this existing vulnerability in Apple's operating system, but maybe at some point it will be solved by the Americans.

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