1.2. Customizing System Preferences

Probably the best place to start is in your computer's System Preferences pane, located in your dock or under the Apple menu. Believe it or not, seemingly innocuous settings can actually be used to exploit some of the Mac's core features. By optimizing System Preferences, we can provide a higher level of protection than what is provided to us right out of the box. Let's start with the Accounts pane.

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