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Relative wants to buy an Apple CrapBook, because his ChinkPad E560 won't run Win11 (officially; editing registry is :hackerman: and I can't do it) and it is running slowly (no kidding on the factory internal HDD). First question I get is: "Can I install Eset antivirus on macOS and will it have the 'secure browser' by Eset so I can do banking on it."

No amount of "You know the 'secure browser' is bullshit and 'you can enable HTTPS only mode in browsers'" will get through his head. Absolutely hopeless. Pic related.
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『 Fristi, Enjoyer of Kosuzu 』 · 1w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqer26g8v2gdquxkyk43usmlk7gaqhle08p378ld3ldfd6p5yrt8us3qs2sp that's because: > You know the "secure browser" is bullshit > https-only mode These merely register as irrelevant geekspeak to normies so they ignore it They have been sufficiently bra...
grips · 1w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqer26g8v2gdquxkyk43usmlk7gaqhle08p378ld3ldfd6p5yrt8us3qs2sp luckily my family stopped asking for tech support years ago, but my mother-in-law did ask me if I can help her friend a few years ago and I didn't want to turn her down. all the friend s...