

On the other hand, using spyware to access information about you is illegal in many countries. However, while Facebook providing access to your data to third parties may be undesirable and possibly unethical, it's not illegal. The recent controversy over Cambridge Analytica accessing the Facebook profiles of tens of millions of users has made the importance of our private data headline news. Thankfully, though, it's still relatively rare for Macs to be infected with spyware and when it happens, it's no too difficult to get rid of it. There have been plenty of incidents of malware harming Macs in recent years. One of the best things about macOS is that it's incredibly secure and gets far fewer viruses than other operating systems. But there are steps you can take to further protect yourself. OS X does a pretty good job of stopping viruses and malware from attacking your computer. Run a search in the taskbar for 'cmd', then right-click on the Command Prompt result and choose Run as administrator (which you may or may not be able to do on a company computer).
