Patrick Wardle

Aloha I'm Patrick, a passionate Mac user and security researcher who's drank the 'Apple juice'. While I love my Mac, I find it trivial to hack, and current Mac anti-virus software is fairly easy to generically bypass. This all makes me quite sad :(  But good news! I decided to do something about by it creating <a href="https://objective-see.com">Objective-See</a>. My goal was simple: create 100% free, open-source macOS security tools that can generically thwart viruses, trojans, and malware. I also blog about macOS malware and security vulnerabilities that I discover in order to educate and secure Mac users. I've published free 10 tools that have been downloaded over a 1/4 million times. And recently, Objective-See won the #1 spot in ToolWatch's &quot;<a href="http://www.toolswatch.org/2017/02/2016-top-security-tools-as-voted-by-toolswatch-org-readers/">2016 Top Security Tools</a>&quot;   <img src="https://objective-see.com/images/toolsWatch.png"> This success and recognition is both humbling and inspiring. So much so, I recently took the (scary) quitting my traditional 9-5 job (goodbye benefits &amp; healthcare) so that I could dedicate my time and energy to pursuing my passion of Objective-See! While I'm completely confident that this was the right decision, as all my content is 100% free, Objective-See has no revenue. As such, your generosity is truly truly impactful and will support me in creating more Mac security tools!  Patreon is an amazing site that allows people from around the world to support creators (such as yours truly!) while allowing the creator to share unique rewards with supporters. #winwin  Mahalo again! -patrick

Free

Every dollar counts, so mahalo! 🙏   At this tier, you'll gain official patron status and access to beta releases of all Objective-See tools.

Moving on up! At this tier level you'll get to directly influence Objective-See, by voting on new features and tools 🛠️

At this tier level you'll get early access to all (non-time sensitive) Objective-See blog posts ✍️  ,  as well as all other recieving all other lower-tier rewards!

Double-digits, you rock! At this tier, besides receiving all other lower-tier rewards, as a small token of your incredible support, your name will appear in the source code of new versions of Objective-See's open-source tools 👍

64bit is all the rage, and at this tier, so are you!! As a mahalo for your incredible generosity, your name will appear in all new releases of Objective-See's tools that are distributed around the world 🌍 🔝  Of course, you'll also have access to all lower-tier rewards as well!

Whoa, stoked at your generosity 😍

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