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Apple Hires Former OLPC Security Director

Posted by timothy on from the yes-but-get-the-screen-tech-too dept.

imamac writes "It seems Apple is seeking to beef up security by hiring Ivan Krstic, the one-time director of security architecture at One Laptop per Child. 'Krstic, a well-respected innovator who designed the Bitfrost security specification for the OLPC initiative, joined Cupertino this week and will work on core OS security. His hiring comes at a crucial time for a company that ties security to its marketing campaigns despite public knowledge that it's rather trivial to launch exploits against the Mac.'"

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  1. I am lost here . . . by arizwebfoot · · Score: -1, Troll

    Pray tell the relevance of this article? Or is /. finally going the way of the three head snake or the four footed baby, or my-mother-is-an-alien ala rag magazines?

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    1. Re:I am lost here . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      The relevance of the article is that Apple are beginning to close up their back doors, which is amazing and shows restraint on their part.

      Why would they want to close their back doors? How are they going to have anal sex with their boyfriends after that?

  2. Re:And in other news... by dave562 · · Score: 0, Troll

    You must be a Mac user if that's the first thing that comes to mind.

  3. Sick.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Man, am I sick of all the Microsoft cockroaches spewing FUD all over the net..

    Here's a tip.. spend money and time on creating a better product.

  4. At least... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...gay Mac users actually get laid. :-P