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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."

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  1. Absolute garbage! by feastoola · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    1. Re:Absolute garbage! by NeverSuchBefore · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Have you ever been chronically depressed to the point where you were contemplating suicide? I was once in that situation; I had a bad habit of beating my wife and two daughters with various objects, couldn't hold down a job, and was about to lose my house.

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    2. Re:Absolute garbage! by HeavyDDuty · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      pathetic.

    3. Re:Absolute garbage! by mark-t · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      There is not a single reason not to use Gamemaker.

      I might suggest that your endorsement might have given several people a reasonably compelling reason not to use it.

      If you sincerely are advocating that product, you may want to consider altering your sales pitch so that you don't sound so much like a snake-oil sales vendor. Otherwise, you just sound like a raving lunatic.

      Of course... if that was your intent. Carry on. Expect to be downmodded, however.

      --
      File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
    4. Re:Absolute garbage! by NeverSuchBefore · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You're a mere piece of garbage!

      Gamemaker's the greatest; this is an undeniable, inconvenient truth. You cannot deny. To deny it indicates that you accept it in your heart, but are simply in denial.

      Use Gamemaker. It's the only option. You must return to Gamemakerdom.

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  2. Re:What is that sound? by NeverSuchBefore · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're a pathetic loser. The fix? Use Gamemaker. Return to Gamemakerdom!

  3. Re:Not really by NeverSuchBefore · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why have you not returned to Gamemakerdom, my friend?

    Are you depressed? Are you lonely? Are you contemplating suicide? For you, the answer to all of those is a resounding "yes." That's why you need to switch to Gamemaker. Gamemaker takes programming to the next level, and will bring joy back to your life.

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  4. Re:What is that sound? by tsa · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You are wrong my friend. It's your disbelief that makes you see us sitting down but in reality we do no such thing.

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    -- Cheers!