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Apple Sends Hidden Message to Hackers?

Posted by Zonk on from the cute-very-cute dept.

RetrogradeMotion writes "The OSx86 Project is reporting on a hidden message to hackers in Apple's new MacBook Pro. The new Intel-based OS X contains a file named 'Dont Steal Mac OS X.kext' and is accompanied by the message, 'The purpose of this Apple software is to protect Apple copyrighted materials from unauthorized copying and use.' The file is not present in either the PowerPC version of OS X or the Intel version shipped to developers last year. While Apple has sent messages to hackers before, is this a tounge-in-cheek introduction to the anticipated (and hated) Trusted Platform Module? Is locking down OS X a strategic necessity or a missed opportunity?" Obviously a big maybe here, but a good story just the same.

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  1. Do hackers read .kext files? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought they only read .knfo files.

  2. Recursively funny by houstonbofh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone else amused that they quoted the text saying not to "distribute or reproduce" any portion of the text? Hehe... Too late!

  3. Dont steal Mac OS, steal Windows! by CivilianHero · · Score: 5, Funny

    'Dont Steal Mac OS X.kext' Ok... stealing Windows!

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  4. A better message would have been: by kadathseeker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Keep up the good work! Thanks guys, without you jumping on every Winblows exploit, we would never have gotten where we are today. Linux and OS X for a brighter future! - The Apple Team

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    The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it. - William Gibson
  5. Re:Idiotic comment about unbundling software by ethanrider · · Score: 5, Funny
    People who don't understand monopoly law should have their fingers hacked off so they don't post such stupid comments.

    Clearly they should be shot on site, in case they learn to type with their elbows.
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  6. publicly perform? by JourneyExpertApe · · Score: 5, Funny

    You may not copy, modify, reverse engineer, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, transfer or redistribute this file, in whole or in part.

    "For this next song, we're going to play 'Dont Steal Mac OS X.kext'." WTF?

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  7. Funnier file name by bersl2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    'Dont Steal Mac OS X.kthnx'