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Apple Uncommunicative About Security Holes
blackmonday writes "Kieren McCarthy of Techworld argues that Mac OS X is rife with security holes, and that Apple is doing a 'half-hearted' job of patching their operating system security holes, and has a 'strange habit of pretending a big problem is of no significance.' As a Mac user I find this an intriguing article in light of the Sasser Worm and its recent variants." Despite the article's assertions, no evidence of widespread security problems, or lack of effort to solve them, is offered. The only real question is Apple's lack of communication with the public in the nature of the problems.
Because less than 1% of the total market share of consumer PCs is inconsequential!
In short: they don't matter.
And whoever modded you "Informative" should have followed your links. The "white spots" problem is old news and doesn't affect the current line of powerbooks or the previous line either (which I own one of). It's like saying MS has jumped the shark in 2004 because Windows 95 came out so late. Thanks for playing, Fonzie.
" $100 exchange for a refurbished iPod & battery after a year, the Appleheads insisted that it was perfectly ok"
Its really strange i haven't seen anything all those ipods the *need* a battery replacement after a year.
"Would would your reaction be if Steve Ballmer got up and said "patches do not matter, we are withholding them for your protection"? It would be a vertitable orgy of Microsoft denunciations."
Actually when MS said that their security holes are only exploited after they release the patches they were in fact denounced.
It sounds like you are asking people to drink duffbeer brand kool aid yourself. Which only leads me to ask. who are you apologizing for.
Apple apologists are the most amazing bunch of people that I have ever encountered.
*Takes bow* Thank you so very much. We're all honored being the most amazing people you've ever encountered! :-)
When it was revealed the Apple sold a $300 super-walkman that needed a $100 exchange for a refurbished iPod & battery after a year,
Wait... Did you see a battery door on the floor model or something? At what point did the salesman tell you about a cheap battery replacement program? Oh, you thought, "I payed $BIGDOLLARS for something and now you owe me the world." Next you'll tell me the cigarette manufactures owe you a lung transplant because they only had a warning label on the pack for a couple of decades before your disease.
Now the some bleating shit about security patches: "Apple is not revealing exploits to protect us"
Would would your reaction be if Steve Ballmer got up and said "patches do not matter, we are withholding them for your protection"?
Apple is withholding patches? Wow, they must have money to burn, ya know, developing patches for the sheer joy of it. Every time a problem has become public, I have a fix via software update within a few days. What? They need to deliver a white paper on the exploit, complete with code examples and a root kit too?
The argument "Well, the CIA used NeXT, so OSX is secure" holds no water either.
Well, how about, "The core of the OS is wide open for your inspection and repairs, so knock yourself out." Show me the exploits.
I hear Steve Jobs is going to ask you to drink the kool-aid! Get your cup ready!
Flamebait.
Normally I wouldn't respond to ACs since they're mostly jackasses.
But a person who promotes security by obscurity, essentially saying that Apple should not detail security vulnerabilities, deserves to be called what he is, a jackass, jackass.
"Despite the article's assertions, no evidence of widespread security problems"
How widespread could the problems really be? I mean... When you only have 3.2% market share, its not like the problems affect *that* many consumers.
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