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  1. Re:Just give us a name by Neurotic+Nomad · · Score: 1 · on Police Seize Computers From Gizmodo Editor

    Rather than assuming, I decided to look. http://macalope.com/2010/04/27/apple-gave-the-orders/

  2. The Macalope thinks... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on How Apple Orchestrated Attack On Researchers

    ...George is smoking crack. The Macalope waxes more poetic than I possibly can about why he's reached this particular conclusion.

  3. Are you fucking kidding me? by LKM · · Score: 3, Insightful · on How Apple Orchestrated Attack On Researchers

    I thought Ou had lost all credibility by now. He's biased and stupid. I know that sounds harsh, but for heaven's sake, read his blog posts! He compared Apple to Nazi Germany, not even knowing how to spell Joseph Goebbels ("Joseph Gerbils", I'm not kidding!), and he called Fox using a number he got in a confidential mail from Maynor. I mean, geez!

    The people he accuses have gone on the record saying that Fox had not contacted them. Chartier says:

    What a riot: no, I have never been contacted by Fox or anyone else from Apple regarding any of this stuff. In fact, I'm not even receiving those post-support call surveys or notices that my Mac warranties are about to expire and that AppleCare is an affordable way to stay within Apple's graces.

    This whole story only exists in Ou's head. Apple orchestrated nothing at all, the "researchers" discredited themselves all on their own, simply by claiming different, contradictory things at different times.

    George Ou is nothing but a Troll. Can we please just ignore him?

  4. Are you fucking kidding me? by LKM · · Score: 3, Insightful · on How Apple Orchestrated Attack On Researchers

    I thought Ou had lost all credibility by now. He's biased and stupid. I know that sounds harsh, but for heaven's sake, read his blog posts! He compared Apple to Nazi Germany, not even knowing how to spell Joseph Goebbels ("Joseph Gerbils", I'm not kidding!), and he called Fox using a number he got in a confidential mail from Maynor. I mean, geez!

    The people he accuses have gone on the record saying that Fox had not contacted them. Chartier says:

    What a riot: no, I have never been contacted by Fox or anyone else from Apple regarding any of this stuff. In fact, I'm not even receiving those post-support call surveys or notices that my Mac warranties are about to expire and that AppleCare is an affordable way to stay within Apple's graces.

    This whole story only exists in Ou's head. Apple orchestrated nothing at all, the "researchers" discredited themselves all on their own, simply by claiming different, contradictory things at different times.

    George Ou is nothing but a Troll. Can we please just ignore him?

  5. Re:Shooting fish in a barrel by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 3, Insightful · on How Apple Orchestrated Attack On Researchers
    George Ou's been beating this never-ending drum for page hits. Here's a response.

    To address the summary:

    Apple continued to claim that there were no vulnerabilities in Mac OS X but came a month later and patched their Wireless Drivers (presumably for vulnerabilities that didn't actually exist).

    They said in the notes that they did a security audit with no input from the researchers and patched what they discovered.

    Apple patched these 'non-existent vulnerabilities' but then refused to give any credit to David Maynor and Jon Ellch.

    Why should they have?
  6. George Ou? by vought · · Score: 4, Informative · on How Apple Orchestrated Attack On Researchers

    Is this the same guy who doesn't know Gerbils from Goebbels?

    This all sounds a little fantastic to be true. Most folks at Apple I know don't have time for an agenda. And speaking of agendas, George Ou's definitely got a hard-on for Apple.

  7. Some more interesting Links by LKM · · Score: 3, Informative · on Apple Patches Wireless Drivers

    As always, daringfireball.net has an interesting article on this. And The Macalope chimes in, too, with a link to an article by Glenn Fleishman. Enjoy.