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Apple Security Blunder Exposes Lion Login Passwords In Clear Text

Posted by samzenpus on from the whoops dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An Apple programmer, apparently by accident, left a debug flag open in the most recent version of its Mac OS X operating system. In specific configurations, applying the OS X Lion update 10.7.3 turns on a system-wide debug log file that contains the login passwords of every user who has logged in since the update was applied. The passwords are stored in clear text."

8 of 205 comments (clear)

  1. Great by lemur3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    now i can find out what my password is.

    ive been resisting a reboot for ages!

  2. malware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    apple even ships their own malware.

    1. Re:malware by IamTheRealMike · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh yes, you're right. It sounds like it only impacts people who actually want / need security. So that's OK then.

  3. Do you want to find the passwords of other users? by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...There is app for that.

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  4. Re:I wonder what the comment said... by Mr.+Underbridge · · Score: 5, Funny

    //REMEMBER TO COMMENT THIS SHIT OUT SO I DONT GET FIRED

    Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING....

  5. Typical Apple by toadlife · · Score: 5, Funny

    Copying features from Microsoft products again.

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  6. Don't blame the one guy still working on OS X.! by Y-Crate · · Score: 4, Funny

    All of his friends went over to work on iOS and he's been left to pick up the slack. ;)

    1. Re:Don't blame the one guy still working on OS X.! by StripedCow · · Score: 4, Funny

      Oh, and I thought everybody was working in the legal department.

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