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Two Black Hat Talks On Apple Security Cancelled

An anonymous reader writes "Two separate Apple security talks have been nixed at the last minute from next week's Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. The Washington Post's Security Fix blog reports that Apple researcher Charles Edge was to present on flaws in Apple's FileVault encryption plan, but asked Black Hat to cancel the talk, citing confidentiality agreements with Apple. Then on Friday, Apple pulled its security engineering team out of a planned public discussion on the company's security practices — which would have been a first for Apple. 'Marketing got wind of it, and nobody at Apple is ever allowed to speak publicly about anything without marketing approval,' a Black Hat spokesman said."

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  1. I haven't been fucked like that since the NextCube by billcopc · · Score: 4, Funny

    Rule #1: You do not talk about Apple flaws
    Rule #2: You DO NOT talk about Apple flaws
    Rule #3: If someone says "stop" or goes limp, taps out we make him the CEO
    Rule #4: Only two sentences to an argument
    Rule #5: One argument at a time
    Rule #6: No punch, no daiquiris
    Rule #7: Cover-ups will go on as long as they have to
    Rule #8: If this is your first night at Apple flaws, you HAVE to swallow

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    -Billco, Fnarg.com
  2. Re:Shhh, if we don't admit anything by Sancho · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wish there was an "incomprehensible grammar" mod....