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Apple Users

Bernardo de La Paz

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5. I don't think there are any Apple machine servers. I think they use Linux servers

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Mon Jul 22, 2024, 07:19 AM

Jul 2024

The hidden assumption in your title seems to be that personal computers or phones were affected. Very few were affected because ordinary people (not server farm operators or corporate IT systems) don't use CrowdStrike on their PCs, except possibly very few.

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CrowdStrike used Windows. Apple systems were not affected. [View all] question everything Jul 2024 OP

PBS Newshour interviewed Bruce Schneier from Harvard University about the recent tech failures. summer_in_TX Jul 2024 #1

From two years ago. ItsjustMe Jul 2024 #2

It bought down every desktop and server Klarkashton Jul 2024 #3

That one person probably shouldn't have tested in production... itzzen Jul 2024 #4

I don't think there are any Apple machine servers. I think they use Linux servers Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #5

this AllaN01Bear Jul 2024 #7

Remember the "cloud" ... CloudWatcher Jul 2024 #6

also the internet is that way too also. AllaN01Bear Jul 2024 #8