Awesome :-) that reassures me to a degree as I thought it was a big free for all, based on how simple it is to fish data out of time machine in times of emergency.
On Tue, 8 Mar 2016, 15:00 Sam - MacAmbulance, <[email protected]> wrote: > Only the backupd user has write access to a Time Machine backup. The > tmutil command line requires your password to elevate privileges also. > > Regards > > Sam > [image: MacAmbulance] > [image: facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/macambulance> [image: twitter] > <http://www.twitter.com/macambulance> [image: linkedin] > <http://uk.linkedin.com/in/macambulance/> > MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development *Sam > Mullen ACMT* > +44 (0)7747778022 > [email protected] > www.macambulance.co.uk > MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration > number 8466597 > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > > On 8 Mar 2016, at 14:55, Toby Leighton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Knowing how accessible time machine backups are, I wouldn't be completely > confident in this being enough to protect you from ransomware. If you > leave your time machine hard drive permanently attached to your computer, > or access it over a network "always on" then surely it just as possible for > ransomware or viruses to infect your past files as your live ones too? > > On Mon, 7 Mar 2016, 23:18 David Ransom, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Oh yes, wonderful! Autographs anyone? >> >> On Monday, March 7, 2016, Stephen Watson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Don't complain- your 15 minutes of fame is here! ;-) >>> >>> >>> We are Costa of Borg. We will add your vibrancy and distinctiveness to >>> our own. Your town and your customers will service us. Resistance is futile. >>> >>> On 7 Mar 2016, at 22:36, David Ransom <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Not happy! Is there anything I can do about the name of this thing? >>> >>> David Ransom >>> >>> On 7 March 2016 at 22:33, Stephen Watson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> As *computer* users we should be concerned, but as Mac users, not >>>> unduly I think. Certainly Windows users have much more to be concerned >>>> about, but the Mac has never been invulnerable. >>>> >>>> There's an interesting article here: [ >>>> http://www.macworld.com/article/3040990/security/security-tips-from-a-super-hacker-kevin-mitnicks-advice-on-protecting-laptops-smartphones-and-more.html >>>> ] My feeling is that his emphasis on social engineering is the crucial >>>> thing. Take the simple and obvious precautions - use at least a 6 digit PIN >>>> or alphanumeric code, use something like 1Password to generate/store your >>>> passwords and don't believe random scares that arrive flashing in your >>>> browser, emails that ask for PINs and/or account details of any kind or >>>> guys phoning you telling you that they have been monitoring your PC and >>>> your version of Windows has a virus or something similar! >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Stephen >>>> >>>> We are Costa of Borg. We will add your vibrancy and distinctiveness to >>>> our own. Your town and your customers will service us. Resistance is >>>> futile. >>>> >>>> On 7 Mar 2016, at 21:28, Phil Ward <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> All, >>>> >>>> Over the last couple of days I’ve been hearing and reading lots about >>>> “ransomware”. 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