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Apple Angers Mac Users With Silent Shutdown of Java 7

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-thief-in-the-night dept.

An anonymous reader writes in with news of the continuing saga of Java patches and exploits. "If you're a Mac user who suddenly can't access websites or run applications that rely on Java, you're not alone. For the second time in a month, Apple has silently blocked the latest version of Java 7 from running on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or higher via its XProtect anti-malware tool. Apple hasn't issued any official statements advising users of the change or its reasons, but it's a safe bet that the company has deemed Oracle's most recent update to Java insecure. That's why the company stealthily disabled Java on Macs back on Jan. 10, the same day a Java vulnerability was being exploited in the wild."

12 of 451 comments (clear)

  1. Run Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you ran Linux you wouldn't have to worry about software not being able to run.

    1. Re:Run Linux by MrEricSir · · Score: 3, Funny

      If you ran Linux you wouldn't have to worry about software not being able to run.

      10/10. This is how proper trolling is done.

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      There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
    2. Re:Run Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      If you ran Linux you wouldn't have to worry about software not being able to run.

      10/10. This is how proper trolling is done.

      If you ran Linux you would have no idea what it's like to experience the mysterious wonders of the malware world. Do you even know what it feels like to have a fuckin' sweeeet .dll hack invade your inner workings? I'll bet not. Like gettin' head from a porn star while smokin' blunts these days...they're so damn smooth, especially the Chinese. You hardly feel it.

      A fast personal computer is a terrible thing to waste. - Anonymous Botnet Operator

      (And THAT is how a proper troll response is done.)

  2. Oh no, I can't run Java applets?! by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

    Without Java applets, my plan to time travel back to 1997 and surf the web is completely ruined!

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    There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
  3. Re:Good for them. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is why I run GNU Hurd, the only truly free operating system, on my Lemote Yeeloong. My freedom is incredible. I can run ls and cat and EVERYTHING. I look forward to support for manpages in 2017.

  4. Re:Old News by msauve · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideologyâ"where each worker may bloom, secure from the pests purveying contradictory truths. Our Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death, and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail!" - Apple

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    "National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
  5. Re:Good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    maybe

  6. Re:Good for them. by mug+funky · · Score: 5, Funny

    i love the Hurd logo - representing all 4 of it's users.

  7. Re:Good for them. by PopeRatzo · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is why I run GNU Hurd, the only truly free operating system, on my Lemote Yeeloong.

    Hey, look on the bright side. At least people don't think you're a putz.

    Maybe you don't have the latest MacBook with Mountain Lion. But you also don't wear pleather pants with the butt cut out.

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    You are welcome on my lawn.
  8. Re:Good for them. by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you are using a Mac , you are not generally the IT equivalent of a Yukon Frontiersman

    No, you are the IT equivalent of the cast of Glee.

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    You are welcome on my lawn.
  9. Re:Good for them. by Cinder6 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The logo looks to me like someone tried, and failed miserably, to map out a token ring network.

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    If you can't convince them, convict them.
  10. Re:Good for them. by gmhowell · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you are using a Mac , you are not generally the IT equivalent of a Yukon Frontiersman

    No, you are the IT equivalent of the cast of Glee.

    Young, geeky, bullied by retards who hate them for liking something that the retards don't like? ;)

    Disproportionately gay?

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    Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon